I am afraid you will think it very strange, but, owing to a sudden
domestic disarrangement, will you come to _supper_, this evening,
instead of to luncheon? I am exceedingly embarrassed to have to make
this change, but (to be quite frank) one of our maids has been taken
ill, and our luncheon to-day will have to be a haphazard affair. We are
also rather distressed by strange news from our cousin at Oxford.
But we shall be very happy to see you at supper time, seven o'clock.
Cordially yours,