Letter from Eleanor Anne Porden to unidentified man, possibly Henry Elliott, including on work and ideas for the Attic Chest She is writing to him to stop him in thinking her negligent; the Attic notes are the first things she has done apart from making nightcaps since he last heard from her; her head has been nearly as bad as his and her eyes worse; she hopes he is quite recovered and that she will be well enough to dance on Friday, as she had to go to bed instead of a dance last night; he must not fail her on Wednesday. She will not be going to Winchester, as Mama is too uncertain to be left with servants, and her sister had told her she would not take charge of her; she hopes to make good use of the time, and that he wil hear of it. She likes what she has done with the Battery, and she is not often pleased with what she does; she has fifty irons in the fire and fears forty nine will burn. She has nearly got through the Recluse and hopes for the Lord of the Isles and the Pilgrims of the Sun tonight as well as another proof, so she has plenty to do. N.B. She has a plan for an essayist, often attempted in the Attic Chest but never successfuly because those begun have no object; she has two good subjects for the first two numbers, and asks if he will aid her. 15 Feb 1815