11 Rue Léo Delibes
Paris
18th October 1899
My dearest Husband,
You will be very glad to hear that Polly & I have arrived safely at our destination; we had a beautiful smooth passage & I was actually able to sit up on deck all the time & was not ill. The only bother was that it was such low water that we had to wait on the boat at Newhaven nearly an hour & a half before we started & then again quite half an hour or more outside Dieppe harbour, so that made us very late, it was half past nine o’clock when we reached Paris. We had a good lunch on board while waiting to start, but after that had only time for bouillon at Dieppe & Nantes, so that we were ready for some supper when we arrived here & were of course very tired. Polly woke with a head ache this morning & so did I, however mine is nearly well again since my coffee, & Polly’s much better.
I am just going up to Father’s to report our arrival, but Polly will keep quiet till this afternoon. She sends her love to you all & says we have not quarreled yet. I will not write more now, but thought you would want a line. Give my love to all the children & a lot of kisses to dear little Baby, & with much love to yourself
I am, as ever
Your loving wife
Eugénie N Sladden
