One of the letters is dated 5 June 1871 and is addressed from La Celle. It begins ‘Ma chérie, rien de vous encore aujourd’hui; la caisse sera restée en gare - - - peut-etre à la gare de Newhaven - - -’. There is the possibility of Bessie using the chalet [at La Celle St Cloud] by the end of the month. The letter gives details about repairs and clearing up at La Celle in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War.