Thanks. Happy to accept your invitation to dinner this evening for seven o'clock. _May_ 30, 1884. _From_ PARNELL, AVONDALE. _To_ MRS. O'SHEA, ELTHAM. Captain and I arrived safely. (Willie went to stay at Avondale for a couple of days.--K. P.) {226} _May_ 31, 1884. (Rathdrum Office.) _From_ PARNELL. _To_ MRS. O'SHEA, ELTHAM. Captain leaves here to-morrow (Sunday) morning, and leaves Kingstown to-morrow evening. DUBLIN, _Sept._ 10. Willie is looking very well indeed, in fact much better than I have ever seen him before. I hope soon to be through pressing business here and in country, and to be able to leave on Saturday.--Yours, C. S. P. _Friday, Oct._ 28, 1884. MY DEAR MRS. O'SHEA,--I shall be at Dover for a few days longer, and afterwards propose visiting the Netherlands and returning through Paris. If I thought that Captain O'Shea would soon be in England I should wait for him, but if not should take my chance of meeting him in Paris on my return. My stay in the Netherlands will not exceed three days, but I shall remain in Paris for at least a similar period. I say "the Netherlands" because I don't yet know whether I shall have to go to Holland or Belgium or both. Kindly let me have a line or wire to former address.--Always yours, CHAS. S. PARNELL. I was ill at the time the following letters were written, and Captain O'Shea was coming to Eltham a good deal. ELTHAM, 1884. Should have come sooner, but could not get away. There was an explosion of a bomb at the Home Office just before I left; it blew down a large piece of the front wall and did a great deal of damage, they say. I will not go near the hotel to-night if I see a crowd there, {227} and will leave early in the morning and come down here to breakfast. ELTHAM, _Friday,_ 4 p.m. I came down here late last night and was immensely relieved to hear that you were better. I slept very comfortably here last night, and had an excellent breakfast this morning, which Phyllis brought me. Am now going up to London to settle the report of Labourers' Committee, which had not time to attend to yesterday, and hope to be back about eleven o'clock.--Yours, C. S. P. ELTHAM. Do you think I had best wait here or go up to London and wait for a telegram from you? We finished our committee yesterday, so if he[4] goes early I could return perhaps early enough to see you this evening for a few minutes. I felt very much relieved by your letter last night. However, it is evident you must take great care. If you think I had best not wait, will you telegraph? Otherwise see me later, when I will wait.--Yours. ELTHAM. Many thanks for kind note.