TALBOT2341

L. Abbey
12^th April

one pair only

Caro Enrico ¹

It is certainly inconvenient to have any body just now because we are here with few servants & no plate but as I mind the people in question as little as possible & they care very little for such discomforts, I think it a pity to say them nay for I would always rather cateris peribus ² have people when they are inclined than when I am, as they are probably then most disposed to be pleased. Otherwise when the Maison was montée ³ & the establishment complete is the time I should naturally have invited them, particularly as it is 50 miles out of their way into Dorset shire. I shall of course receive the Morning Visitors you announce to me with the utmost civility & hospitality. Horatia ⁴ is not well, she has got a sore throat owing to these East winds which are very provoking & Keep back vegetation It has scarcely advanced this last week

aff^ly Y^rs
EF

Unlucky Amandier! ⁵ cross over with th[illegible]! ⁶

Let me know by return of post whether the M’s ⁷ are really coming or not, & whether next Tuesday

Horatia is shocked the drawing of her hand inside is larger than life.

answer subito ⁸

Henry Fox Talbot Esq^r
31. Sackville Street
London