“I leave Eddy my little diamond necklace for his wife, and he must choose a book.

“And Frank is just going to be married, so I would like him to have some bit of my furniture, and his wife my little silver clock.

“I leave Jack the little turquoise ring Graham gave me.  He must have it made into a stud.

“Then I want Lavinia [Footnote:  Lavinia Talbot is wife of the present Bishop of Winchester] to have my bagful of silver dressing-things Papa gave me, and the little diamond and sapphire bangle I am so fond of; and tell her what a joy it has been to know her, and that the little open window has let in many sunrises on my married life.  She will understand.

“Then I want old Lucy [Footnote:  Lady Frederick Cavendish, whose husband was murdered in Ireland] to have my edition of the “Pilgrim’s Progress,” that dear old one, and my photograph in the silver frame of Alfred, if my baby dies too, otherwise it is to belong to him (or her).  Lucy was Alfred’s little proxy-mother, and she deserves him.  He sent the photograph to me the first week we were engaged, and I have carried it about ever since.  I don’t think it very good.  It always frightened me a little; it is so stern and just, and the ‘just man’ has never been a hero of mine.  I love Alfred when he is what he is to me, and I don’t feel that is just, but generous.

“Then I want Edward [Footnote:  The late Head Master of Eton] to have the “Days of Creation,” and Charles [Footnote:  The present Lord Cobham, Alfred’s eldest brother] to have my first editions of Shelley, and Arthur [Footnote:  The late Hon. Arthur Temple Lyttelton, Bishop of Southampton] my first edition of Beaumont and Fletcher; and Kathleen [Footnote:  The Late Hon. Mrs. Arthur Lyttelton.] is to have my little silver crucifix that opens, and Alfred must put in a little bit of my hair, and Kathleen must keep it for my sake—­I loved her from the first.

“I want Alfred to give my godchild, Cicely Horner,[Footnote:  The present Hon. Mrs. George Lambton.], the bird-brooch Burne Jones designed, and the Sintram Arthur [Footnote:  The Right Hon. Arthur Balfour.], gave me.  I leave my best friend, Frances, my grey enamel and diamond bracelet, my first edition of Wilhelm Meister, with the music folded up in it, and my Burne Jones ‘’spression’ drawings.  Tell her I leave a great deal of my life with her, and that I never can cease to be very near her.

“I leave Mary Elcho [Footnote:  The present Countess of Wemyss.] my Chippendale cradle.  She must not think it bad luck.  I suppose some one else possessed it once, and, after all, it isn’t as if I died in it!  She gave me the lovely hangings, and I think she will love it a little for my sake, because I always loved cradles and all cradled things; and I leave her my diamond and red enamel crescent Arthur gave me.  She must wear it because two of her dear friends are in it, as it were.  And I would like her to have oh! such a blessed life, because I think her character is so full of blessed things and symbols. ...