that he
cannot move far from his home--he writes as one _ready_ and
desiring to depart. I do not expect to see _him_ again. So you
see, my dearest friend, I am not able to undertake this
trusteeship, and I think the sooner you consult Mrs. Reeve as
to the appointment of another trustee--the better it will
be--and the more _permanent_. Had I known it was Mr. Borrow's
intention to put down my name I should have prevented it, and
he would have seen that an aged and invalid lady was not the
person to carry out his wishes--for I am quite unable.

I pray that a fit person may be induced to undertake the
business, and that it may please God so to order all for your
good. It is indeed the greatest mercy that your dear husband is
well enough to afford you such help and such comfort. Pray hire
a proper servant who will obey orders.--In haste, ever yrs.
affectionately,

E. HARVEY.

Another letter that has some bearing upon Borrow's last days is worth
printing here:

To Mrs. MacOubrey

YARMOUTH, _August 19, 1881._

MY DEAR MRS. MACOUBREY,--I was very sorry indeed to hear of Mr.
Borrow's death. I thought he looked older the last time I saw
him, but with his vigorous constitution I have not thought the
end so near. You and Mr. MacOubrey have the comfort of knowing
that you have attended affectionately to his declining years,
which would otherwise have been very lonely. I have been abroad
for a short time, and this has prevented me from replying to
your kind letter before. Pray receive the assurance of my
sympathy, and with my kind remembrances to Mr. MacOubrey,
believe me, yours very truly,

R. H. INGLIS PALGRAVE.

Three years later Dr. MacOubrey died in his eighty-fourth year, and was
interred at Oulton. Mrs. MacOubrey lived for a time at Oulton and then
removed to Yarmouth. A letter that she wrote to a friend soon after the
death of her husband is perhaps some index to her character:

OULTON COTTAGE, OULTON, NR. LOWESTOFT, _Sept. 3rd, 1884._

MY DEAR SIR,--I beg to thank you for your kind thought of me.
On Sunday night the 24th Augst., it pleased God to take from me
my excellent and beloved husband--his age was nearly 84. He
sunk simply from age and weakness. I was his nurse by night and
by day, administer