Hong Kong
10 December 1891
Jose Rizal
My Brother,
Just a few lines to inform you that my father, brother, and a brother-in-law have arrived here fleeing from Manila. My aged mother, blind, is in the hands of the Spaniards! Mr. Basa is sending you a handkerchief and his photograph. The handkerchief is made of pineapple fibers.
I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
I am looking for a house. My sisters are also coming. The sea is terrible now, nevertheless they have to flee.
Yours,
Rizal
03-677 [Reformists]