TALBOT1543

Brighton
27^th February

My Dearest Henry

It is the most extraordinary thing that you should not have received the Letter M^r F. ¹ wrote you soon after we got to London, I cannot account for it. It vexes me excessively that you should have had so much uneasiness to spoil all your pleasure at Berlin but I wonder you did not reflect that we are uncertain people, as much so as the post, but in this case we had all written de tems en tems ² with more than our usual regularity. I even thought you would be so much occupied at Berlin you would scarcely miss our Letters. I have written two ³ to Dresden the first to inform you of the death of poor dear Giles ⁴ which happened at Abbotsbury ⁵ from the breaking of a blood vessel, on the 12^th of this month. He had been so ill for a long time that everybody expected it except his poor Mother. ⁶

I hope you will not think of crossing over while this stormy weather lasts, indeed as you do not like being sick I feel sure you will not.

You can come the coast road from Dover here without going by London & will find us at N^o 1. Brunswick Terrace

God Bless You Dearest

We only received your letter today dated the 16^th

If you had only remained at Berlin over the 17^th you would probably have received H’s ⁷ Letter written here the 7^th for I observe that is the time the letters generally take between London & Berlin.

I am so annoyed that you should have lost the pleasure you proposed to yourself that it almost takes off my joy at the thoughts of seeing you sooner, which otherwise would be unbounded.

Caroline ⁸ has written to you by this post to Bruxelles & Horatia to Rotterdam

Mons^r
Mons^r W. H. F. Talbot
Poste Restante
Calais
France