TALBOT1033

Florence
Dec r 20^th

My dear Henry

I still continue so very unwell & the weather so cold that it is very uncertain when we shall move, we therefore think it better to give up our Lodgings now & whenever I can I will let you know when it is likely we shall move arrive at Rome – it is very tiresome as I fear you will be going to Naples before we get to Rome, I am very much provoked at having given you so much trouble for nothing but it is impossible to say when we shall be able to go – Will you do what is necessary about giving up the Lodgings & let us know what you pay & we will remit it to the Banker.

I had no idea it was ever so cold on this side the Alps, it has been much more so here, than we had the whole of last winter & I have seen ice in the street half an inch thick which is more than I have seen for the last two or three years at Penrice. ¹ Emma ² writes word, there are several Polyanthus Narcissus in blossom in the open ground & violets in abundance and a Blue Agapanthus Is the Smilax aspera that red berried shining heartleaved, prickly creeper I see every where? what is that yellow berried Thorn in hedges near here? –

Yours aff^ly
Jane H Nicholl

A Mon^sr
Monsieur W. H. Talbot
Palazzo Ceva
Via Magnanapoli
Roma