Attribution to Wilkie Collins questionable; letter is unsigned and appears to be incomplete.
Date of writing from postmark; identification of writer from the Gordon Ray checklist.
Text of the letter is blotted with extensive amendments and corrections.
Stamped and postmarked envelope addressed, "Miss Folkard / 18 Blenheim Crescent / W."
The two painters, Miss Elizabeth F. Folkard and Miss Julia B. Folkard, both resided at 18 Blenheim Crescent during this period.
Concerning a possible lawsuit involving a man named Calvert to whom Collins states he has written with a positive account of Miss Folkard's conduct.