itten from

W. H. Levy's
Repository for Articles
Manufactured by the Blind
Books and apparatus for their use
83 Cromer Street
Brunswick Square.

He writes with regard to a description of mat which only one man, Burr,
can make, so that it will take him two or three weeks to execute an
order from Brighton, wanted immediately. He asks Miss Gilbert to have
the kindness to advise him concerning this matter, and says he has
enclosed last week's accounts, but is "fearful through the multiplicity
of business that the items, although correct in general, are somewhat
confused in detail." Then follows a lengthy superscription--

I remain
Dr. Madam with
Gratitude and Respect
Your obedient
Humble S^t.
W. H. LEVY.

The "confusion in detail" seems to have been considerable, and Mr.
Gilbert's summary for 1854 was as follows:--

Total of disbursements on Levy's account L159 11 0
Total of Mandeville's bills not entered 60 5 8
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L219 16 8

Total of receipts for material (presumably
from workmen) L54 4 11
Total of other receipts (presumably sales) 32 8 9
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Total receipts L86 13 8
Loss 133 3 0

To this are added the following remarks:--

This account is only approximate. To the disbursement should
certainly be added about L6 paid to Levy for himself and not
entered, and one lost bill of Mandeville's (L4: 18: 6), if not more
than one. The receipts also are probably imperfect.

The word _loss_ is one that would not approve itself to either of those
chiefly concerned. Bessie was _giving_ freely of her income, Levy was
spending economically and carefully. Each knew that there was no error,
though there might be irregularities which seemed considerable to those
who were not primarily concerned in the great cause.

For three months in 1855 there follow a most bewildering series of
accounts. Disbursements, receipts, sales, and a few donations are all
entered on one page. Such a course probably induced further remonstrance
from _the sighted_, an