TALBOT2481

Sackville S^{t 1}
Nov^r 27^th

My dearest Henry

My first letter I wrote to Horatia, comme de droit; ² I inscribe this, my very next to you, to congratulate you upon your present happiness & future prospects – though I have never even seen Constance, ³ I have too good an opinion of your taste & judgement not to believe her entirely worthy of you & capable of making you as happy as you deserve, which I hope with all my heart she may long continue to do – & I am sure she will find in you the kindest of husbands as you have always been the best of sons & brothers – I am delighted to hear we are to see you so soon & I hope very much to see Constance & make acquaintance with her before we leave town, which I suppose will be in a fortnight or three weeks –

L^d Lansdowne ⁴ has consented in the most amiable manner to be Godfather with the King, ⁵ & Lady Suffield ⁶ is to be Godmother – My Baby ⁷ is quite well & grows à vue d’œil ⁸ – I have been down stairs twice & have some hopes of going out in the carriage this week, if the weather is tolerable –

Aunt Louisa ⁹ & Lord Lansdowne arrived Sunday from Paris – she came to see me yesterday – I never saw her so animated – she set off this morning to Bowood ¹⁰ for Kerry’s ¹¹ election –

Addio carissimo fratello mio ¹²
Ever your most aff^te sister
Caroline

Pray thank Harriot ¹³ for the beautiful cap she sent my Baby, & tell her it is extremely becoming – Lebe wohl ¹⁴ –

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Henry Fox Talbot