I quite understand your reticence about the past.

Once again I think the blame was mine as much as yours.

I ought to have interested myself more in your pursuits and games ...

what a pity, by the bye, that you seem to have lost your gift of drawing and painting! I do remember how at one time we were drawn together over the old Welsh legends and the very clever drawings you made of national heroes and heroines--they seemed to come on you as quite a surprise when I took them out of the old portfolio.
But about your mother--for it is necessary you should know all I can tell you in case you have to answer questions as to your parentage.

Your mother's name was, as you know, Mary Vavasour.