Wm to H'ry, May 28, 1910. Age: 68

On arriving in England, W^m made directly for Nauheim -- the passage had laid him low -- and wife Alice went to tend to H'ry, who was on the mend. W^m now has a diagnosis of the ailment that will kill him:

"It's a comfort to me to have a definite diagnosis of aortic enlargement to explain my symptoms by, and banish the reproach of 'mere nervousness' by which I myself, no less than others, had been fain to treat the case....The baths here can't cure the condition, but can 'adapt' the heart to meet it better."