Has not forgotten her; has been absent from home for two or three days- went to Jerusalem [VA]; went to attend a public examinatio of teachers and now has a mass of papers to examine; they must be content knowing they will be inseparable soon; must go to Norflk, VA soon to put his tailor to work; the ring he had made of her old jewelry is very pretty; has at last engaged a carpenter to do the bathroom; is gradually regaining his strength; Dick has imrpved in health; if it is too late for Dick to attend [Virginia Military Institute] this session he will send him [RB] to William and Mary College; Mrs. Bogart is silent to him on the subject [ of their wedding] but is always quizzing the children; Mr. and Mrs. Walthour- Mr. Bogart's sister and brother-in-law - are visitng for two or three weeks; they [ the Bogart's and Walthour's] were teasing Nell and asking her when her new mother was coming and if she [NB] loved her; has told Flora, Net, Cousin Mollie, and Aunt Bet all about their marriage plans and Nettie and Aunt Bet will accompany him to Enfield on the 5th of December [their wedding day]; if she can come to the [Wheldon] Fair he will take the time to go; Fent is very anxious to receive a letter from her; heard the [Wheldon] fair will be a failure as the Director and stockholders "have done nothing this year to give it a boane." 15pp