Autograph letter signed : Siena, to Dr. Baldwin, [1892] June 29.

Concerning the recommendation of a maid for Mme. Bourget; saying "Mme Bourget jumps at the idea of the Swiss maid at leghorn, & I have just wired to you in her name to ask you to please wire the said candidate to come to see her here - as she can't risk engaging a person - for such close personal relations - whom she hasn't seen or has no detailed information about. She will of course fully make up to her all trouble and expense. She has been considering these 2 days the question of the Swede (she has - being an ardent Catholic - a dread of an Italian convert to Protestantism) & I was to have written you a request to kindly get her to come on. But the Livorno woman seems to supersede every one else & she hopes she will be able to show herself;" saying that Mme. Bourget "...is herself a polyglot (1/2 Belgian 1/2 Greek & all French) & speaks French, German, English & Italian with equal perfection;" expressing his delight that he is coming to the races and discussing the logistics for watching them; adding "I shall have to tell you frankly, then, my dear Baldwin, how little I can do now in the way of visiting - 'staying with' - I have had completely to give it up, & as my days in Italy narrowly are numbered, I am afraid Vallombrosa is impossible. I must go for a few days to Venice & I must get quickly to Switzerland. I will explain all this to you, & it is all the greater reason for your not failing me here. We will talk of it harmoniously. Let me know your hour of arrival long enough in advance to be sure to be at the station to meet you."