TALBOT2508

10^th Dec^r

My dear Henry

We were altogether at Margam ¹ when your letter arrived there, to Kit ² – but I was gratified by your kind letter to myself for I may say, that I feel an involuntary interest in every thing that happens to you – Your mother ³ is very naughty not to have given me an intimation of what she knows must give me pleasure, & I shall greet her with a pinch when I see her. to me it is a satisfaction that your wife ⁴ is not one of those dashing belles that has made a noise on the grand Theatre but of a family, which from what I have heard, can relish domestic happiness – dear Henry, you are more formed for that, than for the intrigue & artifice of public turmoils & I hope your Constance (charming name) will make the peaceful interior of your home constantly a resting place to your mind from the agitations & deceptions of the world without – my mind has also been bent on the same subject nearer home & I think with every prospect of domestic Happiness to the parties concerned. I dare say you will soon hear of it, but as it is not yet declared you may not publish yet. I wish you well over your election – I do not anticipate so much satisfaction to you on that score – I have seen enough of it – within these few days they have stirred up an opposition to M^r Nicholl ⁵ at Cardiff but I believe unsuccessfully –

your affectionate & anxious Aunt
M: L. Cole

Kits Election is to be next Monday –

Henry F. Talbot Esq^r
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham