Ffeil 1/7. - Frances Bunsen,

Grief at being parted from mother; enjoyment of journey from Rome and pleasure in Charles Bunsen's company and in cleanliness and comfort of house put at their disposal by De Rossi; Charles Bunsen's gifts to her, his father's wedding ring and several books including Goethe's life, Petrarch and Dante; approves of Charles Bunsen's application for professorship rather than for Mr Brandis's post; details of activities following arrival - unpacking and settling in and drinking tea without milk because of impossibility of obtaining cow's milk; complains of Miss Allen's insensitiveness in wishing to call so soon; thanks for Mrs Waddington's note expressing grief at parting from daughter; asks after Augusta and encloses sheet left by her in sister's book.