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S^t Hilary
March 9^th

My dear Henry

I am glad to say that the last accounts I had of M^r Llewelyn ¹ were v^y much better, & the doctor advises change of air so they were going to take a house at Sydenham whilst their London house 82 Inverness Terrace was being purified – the rest of the family were all vaccinated and are well again – I had a note from Theodore ² the other day – he is at Ledbury but whether he is able to join the hunt I dont know – When I saw him at Margam ³ in the first week of January his arm, the left, was of of [sic] little use to him he had a difficulty in cutting his meat even and could not hold a gun or a rein, but he had no pain in it the want of strength was the only complaint – I hope it is better by this time

My garden is looking pretty with dogs tooth violets, crocuse [sic] & hepaticas which blow particularly well this year & the Jasminum nudiflorum ornaments the walls – but the weather is very bad stormy & cold, & I have got a bad cold by going out on one of the fine days & getting overheated in walking – We (that is I & the Wallingtons who are staying here – very nice children from eleven downwards) were going to Merthyrmawr ⁴ this week but my cold prevents it – we hope to go there next week Jane ⁵ is pretty well & has Lucy & Christiana ⁶ with her. John ⁷ & his wife & children are in London at her fathers house there & are thinking of taking a house in Herefordshire but I dont know if they will not change their minds again – I hear C. M^t Edgecumb [sic] ⁸ is in Dorsetshire – I wish she was coming on here – Kit ⁹ is at Penrice ¹⁰ when he is not at London I have not been to Penrice yet because of my visitors but when they leave me I most likely shall – I have got a housekeeper to please me I think – she was upper housemaid in Burlington St for several years – this I mention because Constance ¹¹ was so kind as to write to me about the woman I asked her about whom I remembered at Lacock – Love to your party

Yours aff^ly
Charlotte L Traherne