My dear Sir

I am much obliged for your kind note I am sorry to have troubled you, but I had imagined it was the usual form for any one cognizant of a person’s state of health, to take an oath to that effect before a magistrate. M^r Latter² however to whom my servant went, on your kind suggestion says that such is not the case. Once however I thus escaped, M^r Snow of this village having sworn to my state of health before D^r Scott:³ I now conjecture that D^r Scott must, himself have been going to Maidstone. I have sent my servant to Maidstone; for I am really quite incapable of the fatigue of one trial, much more of three special cases to which I am summoned⁴

With many thanks for your wishes to assist me. Believe me | Yours sincerely | C Darwin G. Norman Esq