Autograph letter signed : Ship Hotel, Dover, to her mother, [1848] June 15.

Saying that before they left, Mrs. Robinson and Carry called, to be "very much delighted" by John's coming down and showing them his Turners. While they were at dinner, Mr. Newton arrived, saying that he had come at John's special invitation and intended to stay all night: John had totally forgotten. They had a pleasant evening, with Mr. [Dale? Fale?] for breakfast, after which a day in town and an evening packing. In perfect weather they left for Dover. The harbour is at their feet, the Castle and Garrison very close; the sea is calm, with hundreds of merchant vessels in the channel, and France more near than she ever could have imagined. Expecting a Spanish war immediately, which "does not seem to incommode him very much," Mr. Ruskin is busy writing business letters in his room. They will probably remain a week. She has been working on an ink-stained dress. Although "heartily obliged... for your exertions on our napery," she can answer none of her mothers' questions about the size of beds, etc., because they "have not seen any house but at any rate in furnished houses they give you everything for beds excepting sheets, bolster, & pillow cases but we require table clothes & table napkins I don't know what to say about the wine rubbers." Local talk, in answer to her mother. She is glad her father is so well. "Poor Grandpapa he would have been delighted had he lived to see me so well married and to have had letters come and visited me in London." She called on Lady Lansdoune but did not go in. In London, people merely leave their cards, making inquiries at the door. They called on Lady Davy, but she was ill, having been frightened by the Chartists the night before. "John is very busy studying Mathematics and writing part of his book." For breakfast they have had "beautiful shrimps and strawberries."