TALBOT2123

Brighton
Jan^y 9^th 1831

My dear Henry

We had another party at the Pavilion yesterday, much more crowded & duller than the first. The Prince of Orange ¹ was there. There was dancing & a band of Bohemians played & sang between times. There were loads of odd figures aborigines of the soil. Lady Ellenborough ² & all the Miss Laws were there – & Miss Graves, ³ who is grown very pretty indeed – Lady Chichester & Lady Elisabeth Vernon. The King ⁴ talked to M^rs Methuen ⁵ a great deal about Wiltshire – che onore! ⁶ – We are going this evening to Lady Belfast ⁷ where the Miss Gents are to sing.

Mama ⁸ says she feels she ought to tell you our plans as she promised – but they are still en l’air, ⁹ although the time approaches when they must be definitively settled. –

Pray let us know where you are & what you are about, which we have not an idea of. Addio caro ¹⁰ – I must go & dress.

Your aff^te sister
Horatia

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Brighton January nine 1831
W H F. Talbot Esq^e
Laycock Abbey
Chippenham
Melbury, Dorchester
Dorset.
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