Barry implores Sowdon for more time to raise funds, as he has only come up with 200 pounds, and writes that plans to come to Sowdon's lodgings the following morning. The third page of the letter is blank.
Barry writes in distress that he never received the letter mentioned in Sowdon's note and implores Sowdon to meet with him as soon as possible. The second and third pages of the letter are blank, and one corner of the third and fourth pages is torn.