On board "City of Paris," June 5th--3:80 p.m.... I stayed with my brother Ronald last night, and he and Van Cortlandt came down to see me off. I barely caught the steamer, for I forgot my watch--left it on the mantel-piece in Ronald's chambers--and did not remember it until we were half-way down town. Ronald said, in his chaffing way, that I left my head somewhere when I was a boy, and that I have been going around without it ever since. I wish that he and Van Cortlandt hadn't such silly notions about my incapacity in the ordinary affairs of life--not that I really mind their nonsense, for you know how well I love them both. I am very glad that you consented to go directly to the mountains instead of coming to New York to see me off. There was a great crowd on the dock, and I much prefer to think of our tender parting.... Be sure to cable me on the 15th--the day that I get to London. The address, you know, is simply, "Clement, London," and I am to arrange with my bankers to have the despatch sent to me. Good-bye, my--Here is the pilot. IV. The Rev. Clement Markham to Mrs. Clement Markham, Littleton, New Hampshire: [Cable Despatch.] London, June 16th. Why have you not cabled? V. The Rev. Clement Markham to Mrs. Clement Markham, Littleton, New Hampshire: Charing Cross Hotel, London, June 16th.... After I cabled you this morning I remembered that I hadn't arranged with the bankers about my cable despatches. When I had rectified this error of omission I received your despatch of yesterday. It was a very great relief to my mind to have direct news from you, and to know of the safety and health of my loved ones, who are dearer to me.... VI. The Rev. Clement Markham to Mrs. Clement Markham, Littleton, New Hampshire: Charing Cross Hotel, London, August 20th. ... I had a delightful fortnight in Paris.... I bought the gloves and the stockings--it was droll, and not quite proper, about buying the stockings. I will tell you all about it when I get home. And I also bought you Something Else that I am sure will be a pleasant surprise to you when you see it.... His lordship, Dr.------, has been kindness itself to me. I dined again at Lambeth Palace yesterday--a farewell dinner. I was a little late, I am sorry to say, for I got into the wrong boat at Westminster Bridge, but his lordship very cordially accepted my excuses. At dinner I was seated next to a very interesting man who has charge of a large parish in the east end of London. Such poverty as there is in that wretched region, and such moral depravity, are sickening to contemplate. Thank Heaven, there is nothing like it in Minneapolis....