[Postmark: September 17, 1846]
5 o’clock.
My own Ba, I believe, or am sure the mistake has been mine – in the flurry I noted down the departures from Havre – instead of Southampton. You must either be at the Vauxhall Station by four o’clock – so as to arrive in 3 hours and a half at Southampton and leave by 8¼ P.M. – or must go by the Sunday Boat, – or wait till Tuesday. Dieppe is impossible, being too early. You must decide – and let me know directly. To-morrow is too early – yet one . . that is, I – could manage.
Ever your own, in all haste
R. B.