My dear Miss Lella 
In gathering up the pictures from my disordered table yesterday, where they had been scattered to dry, one was overlooked.  I know you will wonder at the amount of honesty required to part with such a specimen of art, but I assure you in all truth that I have no desire to retain it, & am entitled to no credit in returning it which I now do 
  
Very truly 
R E Lee 
  
12 Apr 1868