TALBOT1937

London
Thursday

My dear Henry

I did not understand from your note that you were going down to Laycock yesterday so I did myself the honour of calling at your door to inform you how well Jane ¹ & her babe were going on and we were much disappointed not to see you. Lucy ² always calls you her Uncle, her idea of a cousin being more diminutive. she wanted very much to know when her Uncle was coming with the pin & the straw! I hope you comprehend that this means the “needle in a bundle of hay”! –

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My dear Henry

I send you this to show you what I had written to send you nearly a fortnight ago! – So you expect me at Lacock & I hear from Penrice ³ you shirk the wedding! ⁴ – I am too dependant upon others to be able to make any arrangements for myself, & tho’ I should like to see you all very much I do not suppose it can be now, indeed I do not know which road I shall go! – love to all.

your aff^ate coz
Mary –

W. H. Fox Talbot Esqre