TALBOT2241

Laycock Abbey
8^th October

My dearest Henry

I am sorry it is your will to write so seldom, because every particular of your tour would have interested us. Our Nightingales continue to sing & to charm all Ears. M^r Bowles ¹ & Ina Moghi have been here, both delighted & flattered at having been invited to hear the Syrens.

Lord V ² – has fixed three several times for coming, & each time has been prevented either by a Call of the House, or being ordered to attend the King ³ at Windsor. The last time he was all packed up & the carriage at the Door. Now we expect him as soon as Lord Ebrington’s ⁴ Call of the House is over. Nothing can be nicer than the Gallery, I wish you or he had arrived last Night, the whole South front appeared illuminated & must have lookd beautiful from the road, in a dark night. M^r Bowles had not seen this place for 3 years, you may judge how he admired & exclaimed. Here is a list of the people who have been here since you went –

Lady Ilchester M^r Traherne ⁵

Theresa M^rs Traherne ⁶

M^rs Gent Lord Lansdowne ⁷

Miss Gent Lady Lansdowne ⁸

Miss Honorid Gent D^r Fowler ⁹

Lord Henry ¹⁰ M^rs Fowler

M^r Moore Lady Louise Fitzmaurice ¹¹

M^r Bowles

M^rs Bowles ¹²

Gwynne ¹³ returned from Oswestry last night, which will make the House go on much more comfortably

Henry Fox Talbot Eq^r
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