TALBOT2430

Laycock Abbey
Oct^r 5^th

My dear Henry

I am delighted to hear you are so well amused at Alton Abbey, & shall be very glad to get acquainted with your fair cousins next year, as they are so amiable & accomplished. I suppose I must sent this too to Bangor as you do not say precisely where you are going next. All our visitors have departed one by one & we are resolved into our original elements – Count Zamoyski ¹ went Wednesday – I like him very much. It is very snug indeed to have Caroline ² here this way all to ourselves – she is very well & blooming as a rose – Papa, Mama ³ & I dined at M^r Locke’s Wednesday – we met M^r & M^rs Estcourt ⁴ who are just returned from Geneva M^r Moore, ⁵ & M^r & M^rs Scott ⁶ – it was however somewhat heavy – We have had most charming weather till now, when it was is pouring with rain – but I am glad of it, as it will hinder D. Miguel’s ⁷ operations – Papa sends you word with his love, that the Abbey clock is come to a dead stand – the wheels refuse to move, & we are in danger of not knowing when to get up or go to bed, unless you consent to expend the sum of 2 guineas, for which your friend M^r King undertakes to repair it. Caroline t’embrasse et attend impatiemment une réponse à la lettre qu’elle t’a écrite à Markeaton Amandier te fait ses amitiés – elles sont toutes deux occupées à lire ton Don Juan, et attend desirent beaucoup que tu reviennes [illegible] d’autres tragédies – en attendant je te souhaite bien du plaisir. ⁸

ta s œur qui t’aime bien ⁹
Horatia

W. Henry Fox Talbot Esq^re
Post Office
Bangor
North Wales
Manchester ¹⁰