September 29 Monday – Sam sent a note and letter from the Langham to Louisa P. MacDonald, wife of George MacDonald and mother of eleven children. The communications were about invitations and missing Louisa when they called.

“…we just barely missed you both, & were so disappointed! And out of eleven children we couldn’t scare up even one” [MTL 5: 444-5].

Louisa P. McDonald (Mrs. George MacDonald) wrote from London to Sam, sorry she couldn’t see him as they were going to Hastings on Tuesday [MTP].