The letter reads: 'My Dear Leech/I congratulate you/on being a Father and am delighted/that the grandmama arrived in time/to be of use. I have been turned/out of the house, and home, because I venture/to disapprove of the extraordinary measures/they are taking to destroy the comfort of/my painting room and have been/strolling up and down the fashionable/thoroughfare in search of amusement./The incident I saw and heard which/I think might do for Punch, & sketch/it for you/I hope your child when she grows up/will not have such a large bump of/Aliment ....p as this boy must have./The above is word for word what I/heard the little beast say. I suppose/16000 was the largest number he/was aware of - owing to this musical/turn out my brother is giving, I am/obliged to put off Ruskin. (Who was to/have sat to me on Tuesday but the/room is in such a state of disarrangement/that I am obliged to have him on/Thursday instead, therefore I cannot/go hunting that day. I don't see how/I can crop a nags back before next/week as I am fully engaged one/way and another and I shall see/you tomorrow when I call to hear/how Mrs Leech is and then we can/come to an understanding. I have/another matter to speak to you/about besides. Remember me/to your daughter and believe [?]/me/Ever yours/John Everett Millais/John Leech Esq/Have you got one of these,P/your bit of coral from/the pin might dome/in useful'