First sentence of a love letter sent by my great-grandfather.

[Peter L. Mitchell]

Hello everyone.

Below is a screenshot of the greeting and first sentence of a love letter my great-grandmother sent to my great-grandmother in 1889. I read this as follows:

My darling
           I send ________ as you will see.

I simply cannot work out the key word here. I'll be very grateful if anyone can help.

Thanks,
            Peter

[emeltom]

Sounds daft but would Harold make any sense?

[Peter L. Mitchell]

Hi emeltom.

I an oddly logical way it would make a lot of sense. Harold (my grandfather) was their oldest and only surviving son, and he was nine when this was written. The letter is full of warnings about the perils of travelling in Melbourne and the risk of being robbed. I can see a very strong argument to suggest that Harold was a huge worrier and that he would have given such directions whenever possible to anyone he was with. Given that both great-grandparents were known for having great senses of humour I can well imagine that such a comment would be a long-standing family joke.

Thank you for pointing that out. It makes emminent sense, and I think you're correct.

Peter

[jksdelver]

Hurried ?

[Milliepede]

Is it possible to know what the next sentence is please? 

The letters in the word are very spaced out.   

[Peter L. Mitchell]

Hi Millipede.

This is the next sentence.

I’ll commence by giving you some advice which may be useful to you.

The rest of the letter is filled with advice about how to ensure that the family is safe from thieves whilst they travelled to the suburb of St. Kilda in Melbourne for a holiday.

I'll be interested in your thoughts.

Peter

[maddys52]

My initial thought was "Hurried", but didn't think that was right, why would it have a capital "H" and there is no "i" and only one "r". Having been suggested, "Harold" actually looks pretty convincing, I think emeltom is correct.

[Neale1961]

Without seeing the rest of the letter, I take the first sentence to mean that Harold was sent to deliver the letter.
 In other words:- As you see, I am sending Harold (with this letter).

[Viktoria]

Perhaps it was the way the Harold said his own name ..we had a Lollince and a Jomnatum —- Laurence and Jonathan .
Even now in their middle age I might say ,jokingly “Lollince “ or “ Jomnatum” .
Variations were Orince and Jollabon, their friends’ pronunciation .
I must add they were all really only  toddlers, not a lot more than a year old
when those pronunciations were their efforts to pronounce the names.
They just stuck as a family joke.
Viktoria.