TALBOT2316

Laycock Abbey
10^th March

My Dear Henry

Lady Stewart ¹ being worse & having written to M^r F. ² to hasten him that she might talk to him while her thoughts were collected he set off this morning at seven o’clock to Hampton Court & you will see him in town Saturday or Sunday. He has left it to us to decide whether we follow him to town, or whether he returns here. Your Sisters ³ are urgent to stay, & really I do not see any use in going to town so near Passion Week which begins the 27^th. It would be better to take them up blooming immediately afterwards.

For myself I like this place more & more every day & shall be sorry to leave it. We have given Caroline’s drawing of the Bridge to Gale, ⁴ he certainly is born with a native taste, for as soon as he cast his eyes on it he immediately saw it was a more graceful shape than his own, & had the candour to say so.

Horatia rides M^r Methuen’s ⁵ horse every day with great success, she is charmed with it. They are both out all day either gardening or on horse back, which I am sure must be good for them

aff y^rs
E T F

Write again, your letter was quite vivifying

Henry Fox Talbot Esq^r
31. Sackville Street