I have just received the enclosed note.[2] I donot know the good Priest myself but Father Rector told me that Father Barry would be able to give me the necessary information so as I was not able to go up to town I wrote to him and this is his reply
My little Helena is getting on famously, she was three months old yesterday[3] I am beginning to feel something like myself now, but I had a bad time of it altogether but as I was under Chloroform I didnot know how things were with me but I remainedP2weak for a long time. The Doctor was very much alarmed when baby was six days old as I took a bad turn and he thought I was in for a fever which has been very fatal to a good many ladies this year. However I took another turn and here I am still.
I often wonder whether Mr de Bo got his ‘Shamrock' safely?[4] Give my love to Florence when you write. I wonder whether I shall be able to leave home this year? I need a change badly, but my little pet keeps me a prisoner.
Bernard is at an Office in town; he has been there nearly eight months on trial but I hope that he will be getting a salary soon. He is growing very tall. Mary Smyth is to enter the English Convent on Easter Tuesday her mother will be heartbroken They both came over some weeks back and stayed 10 days with us