Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from John Everett Millais, 14 December 1876 Letter to Macdonald from John Everett Millais, [7, Cromwell Place, Kensington], thanking for drink sent: 'The madeira shall be kept for the Royal family when they come . The Rum for myself when the blues are unbearably intense', work on a painting of 'the little healthy girl', which Macdonald may like when it is nearer completion, much work on a landscape, soon to move into new house, 'which begins to alarm me with its splendour, although it has been erected without a thought of ostentation', no regrets at leaving old studio, 'Had I been a sugar-refiner the change would seem natural, but an Artist is not associated with a luxurious dwelling', meeting with Hook, 14 December 1876 14 December 1876