TALBOT2662

Laycock Abbey
March 25^th

My dear Henry,

I am very glad you are to be here Wednesday & I hope you will not put off your journey any longer that we may have a little time to enjoy you before we go – Our departure from hence is at last decisively fixed for Easter Monday – L^d Valletort ¹ was to have gone to London last Saturday, to sell his horses, buy others, & make final preparations, but has most unluckily had a fit of the gout which has kept him in bed these two days – & I do not know when he will be able to set out – The Baby ² is very much grown & in great beauty –

Pray bring with you Miss Edgeworth’s Practical Education ³ that I may look it over with Mamma ⁴ before I go – I do not want something about Men’s Professions by M^r Edgeworth, ⁵ which is generally sold with it. & bring also that little volume of Moore’s Melodies ⁶ – I am very glad it is found – Have you seen him in town? I am afraid he is in a bad way about the Irish Bill ⁷ –

Addio caro fratellino ⁸ –
Y^r aff^te
Caroline

I hope Constance ⁹ will not forget the ivory ring for the Baby – it should be round not flat

M. P.
Henry Fox Talbot Esq^r

31 Sackville Street
London