From England whilst Montagu on second tour with Royal Commission on the Public Services in India; pregnancy; social and family life; preparations for Montagu's return to England
Social life in England; First World War; deaths of friends and family members; family life and children's progress; arrangements for her return to India
Social and family life in England and Scotland; pain of another prolonged separation; anxiety over and opinions on Montagu's career in India; death of her brother, Dunlop; cost of living and financial problems in running of household