Scope and Contents One page letter, together with envelope addressed to Madame R. Belloc, Slindon Grange, Slindon, near Arundel. Mary says the year has brought many mercies. She is pleased with Bessie’s letter, in which she can sense the ‘same dear Bessie Parkes’ she knew years ago. She feels that one’s natural character does not change over the years. She hopes Bessie and her daughter might visit her in Meran. She talks of her regard for Coventry Patmore [poet] and the link between him, herself and Bessie....