Ffeil 1/20. - Frances Bunsen and Charles Bunsen,

Is pleased that mother has sent Emily word from London; attempts to dispel mother's worries that she is spending whole day in Charles Bunsen's company instead of pursuing own interests; refers to [Peter von] Cornelius's method of painting water-colours and his fresco design for a ceiling, based on the Paradiso of Dante; discusses thoughts on Christianity which have ensued from reading Neander's Life of Julian and shows her disapproval of Catholicism; her health; stormy weather; proposed trip to Palestrina, thence to Tivoli and Rome; her letter to Princess Paolina asking her to spare money for care of family of previously mentioned wounded man, now dead, and the Princess's agreeable reply.