Only let me know what you will
do.
"I should tell you that the old railway which used to run from
Clearwater to the capital, and which, as you know, was allowed to go
to ruin, has been reconstructed at an outlay far less than might have
been expected--for the bridges had been maintained for ordinary
carriage traffic. The journey, therefore, from Sunch'ston to the
capital can now be done in less than forty hours. On the whole,
however, I recommend you to come by way of Erewhemos. If you start,
as I think possible, without writing from England, Bishop Kahabuka's
palace is only eight miles from the port, and he will give you every
information about your further journey--a distance of less than a
couple of hundred miles. But I should prefer to meet you myself.
"My dearest brother, I charge you by the memory of our common father,
and even more by that of those three hours that linked you to me for
ever, and which I would fain hope linked me also to yourself--come
over, if by any means you can do so--come over and help us.
"GEORGE STRONG."
"My dear," said I to my wife who was at the other end of the breakfast
table, "I shall have to translate this letter to you, and then you will
have to help me to begin packing; for I have none too much time.
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