| Description | Letter to Macdonald from Effie Millais, 2 Palace Gate, Kensington, thanking him for the haddock, suffering from cold and bronchitis, Everett is fishing on the Spey and may visit Aberdeen, Millais has gone to Folkestone and needs a rest from social life and letter-writing, he likes the sea and will go to Boulogne for the trip, Effie and Mary have been to Paris, Effie is very anxious about Natal, apparently as her fiance Mr. James is going there, 'we hope all severe fighting is over before he is in', 19 April 1879 |