| Description | Letter to Hope Macdonald from Effie, Lady Millais, 2, Palace Gate, Kensington, London, explaining that she thought Mrs. Macdonald was abroad, thanking her for her sympathy now at Millais' illness, which may be very prolonged but is fatal, he can take liquids and sleeps a great deal, cannot speak but can write clearly, good nurses, son Everett, a doctor, has invented an ozone treatment for him, family movements, letters from Gladstone and visit from his wife, letters from Mary and Alice Wortley, her own health is poor but improving in the cooler weather, sympathy from everyone including the Queen, 6 August 1896 |