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My darling,
What very good news and what a relief it must be for you after all your efforts and horrible anxiety! Thank God you have the courage to do things I cannot and could not manage; though to be fair to myself I think I have a kind of courage though it does not feel like it … I hope you felt you really like the house and felt it was something you wanted. I know I said I regarded the work as paramount, and of course I do, but I think it essential you should feel it could be your home as you get to know it. The trouble here is that this is a wonderful consulting set up but it is only a home because you live here, and while you live here. I hope, my sweetheart, that you feel proud and happy though I know there is much more to do – it is only a beginning. But such an important one.
I am just back from Ishbel's – I saw the portrait. I think I am in rather a tense position. She said she had made me rougher – had not put in my benign look but more the tension of when I am talking about work. Personally I think she is too polite to say, as I think, that it shows my bad temper. I don't think you would like it but she says she will show it to you when you return and you can judge for yourself.