Nothing very mark'd to tell—the heat continues & tells upon me badly, but hope hourly for change of temperature—Y'r & J W W[allace]'s good letters rec'd—Have had my supper—am sitting here in big chair by window as usual—Perhaps Dr B[ucke] is at this moment down with you again—(that was a noble visit to Tennyson)—
Aug: 24 noon—Hot weather yet, but expecting the change hourly—tolerably fair night last—(have a stout massage ab't 9½ P M)—my breakfast two hours ago—(rare fried egg, toast & raw tomato)—Probably my missives are monotonous enough, the same old story over & over again but that may give the fact the main thing best—this is the first I have sent for nearly a week—my eyes are dimming badly & fast—best aff: regards to J W W and all the friends—you all overrate me too much, immensely too much—
Walt Whitman