You will of course in no way commit June. I shall be glad to hear from you in the course of a few days whether you have succeeded in gaining any information. The situation is very distressing to me, I worry about it at night.

“With my love to Jolly and Holly.

“I am,

“Your

affect.

father,

“Jolyon Forsyte.”

“Sheldrake House,

“Broadstairs,

“July 1.

“My Dear Jo,”

(The Dad’s handwriting had altered very little in the thirty odd years that he remembered it.)