TALBOT1723

Trengwainton ¹
10^th October 1828 –

My dear Henry

I received the other day your letter ² from Geneva, which is only the second that any of us have had since your arrival there; I cannot help thinking that some of yours must have been lost, for you must surely have answered more than twice all our numerous letters to you.

I am very glad you have made two such nice expeditions; you cannot think what agreeable sensations were awakened in us by the mere names of the places through which you passed; however we also have been spending our time very agreeably at Carclew; ³ Sir Charles ⁴ is so good-natured and amiable! Horatia ⁵ is much better for the air of Cornwall, which has driven away her cough; & I think riding agrees with her too; Sir Charles lends us a nice little black poney, the gentlest creature in the world, who never started in his life but once, upon which occasion he threw me off; I was not much hurt luckily, & rode home. We went to Falmouth, (which is only five miles from Carclew,) last Saturday, to see the Queen of Portugal ⁶ land. The day was lovely & the sea covered with boats ornamented with flags, & she disembarked amidst the firing of cannon & cheers of the people; she then walked under a triumphal arch of laurels, preceded by young girls dressed in white & strewing her path with flowers, to the house of the Brazilian consul, where she held her court. We were presented to her & kissed her hand; the portuguese subjects knelt down; among them were the unfortunate Colonel Valdez & his wife, ⁷ who escaped from Madeira with six little children, & have lost almost every thing they possessed.–

Carclew 12^th –

We returned here yesterday, after a very pleasant excursion to Trehiddy, L^d de Dunstanville’s ⁸ place, & St Michaels’s Mount, ⁹ which is an exceedingly picturesque rock rising out of the sea, & crowned with a curious old castle, famous for having been the last place that held out for Charles 1^{st 10} – We slept there and proceeded next day to the Land’s End, but could see nothing of the fine rocks, as it poured with rain, & slept at Trengwainton, which belongs to Sir Ross Price. I hope you will return as soon as you intended in your last letter, & come & join us at Moreton or Melbury ¹¹ where we are going just few days; that would be a delightful arrangement; I hope you will approve of it & not stay dawdling at Paris, but come & amuse us. I am very sorry to leave Carclew, we have been so happy here – we go to-day to Tregothnan, & from thence to Moreton. –

Addio, carissimo, fratello, ¹² I have no more time to write, only pray come to Moreton where they will all be so glad to see you,

& believe me your very affectionate Sister
Caroline –

Horatia received yesterday your letter ¹³ from Geneva –

Monsieur W.H.F. Talbot
Poste Restante
Dieppe
France