Nor were friends wanting. Captain and
Mrs. Jenkin, Mr. and Mrs. Austin, Clerk Maxwell, Miss Bell of
Manchester, and others came to them on visits. Mr. Hertslet of the
Foreign Office, his wife and his daughter, were neighbours and
proved kind friends; in 1867 the Howitts came to Claygate and
sought the society of 'the two bright, clever young people'; and in
a house close by, Mr. Frederick Ricketts came to live with his
family. Mr. Ricketts was a valued friend during his short life;
and when he was lost with every circumstance of heroism in the LA
PLATA, Fleeming mourned him sincerely.
I think I shall give the best idea of Fleeming in this time of his
early married life, by a few sustained extracts from his letters to
his wife, while she was absent on a visit in 1864.
'NOV. 11. - Sunday was too wet to walk to Isleworth, for which I
was sorry, so I staid and went to Church and thought of you at
Ardwick all through the Commandments, and heard Dr. - expound in a
remarkable way a prophecy of St.
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