Glad & thankful indeed for N[elly]'s card to-day, of y'r partial "let up" on y'r afflictions & pray it may expand into a favorable & lasting gain—Dr B[ucke] is here quite overwhelm'd with his water-meter starting organization &c—I do not see much of him—Rather poorly with me (the spleen malady added to the others)—Quite possibly Dr B may come on hence on Saturday (2d) returning thence at night—
Walt Whitman