
A bad week (ab't as bad as any)—Dr L absent sick but a suspision of easier last night—bladder suffering mostly, but other things—yr's rec'd—Thanks—H Staff's wife & children (fine ones) call this mn'g—have just drink'd a glass of buttermilk—cool & sunny—no final set'ment of the tomb bill—no final L of G's yet—nothing more of the Eng: publishing proposal—am sitting here in g't chair same inertia ab't same—but feel as if I were a great unmitigated mass of perturbation & belly-ache—I enc: Logan Smith's f'm Paris (good friendly yn'g fellow)—some NY friend has just sent a nice big box of oranges & grapes—Horace well—Mrs: D and Warry kind always—I have means (money) enough—
Love to you, Mrs. B & the childer Walt Whitman

