TALBOT2720

Berne
Hôtel de la Couronne
July 8^th 1833

My Dear M^r F.

We did enquire for letters, at the Ambassador’s at Paris – The answer was that there was nothing – You say that you have written to the Suisse to forward a letter which contained an enclosure from Caroline ¹ to Constance ², but it is not arrived. How could you think that we stayed a whole day at Boulogne, we did not do any such thing: we arrived at Boulogne on Friday, slept Saturday at Airaines, Sunday at Beaumont sur Oise and arrived at Paris at noon on Monday. I hope you received my letter containing an account of my parting with Dominico ³ and engaging Francesco ⁴. He serves us very well. We are all much surprised at your having given a ball, and the more so, as it only appears by implication that the ball was at home, from the circumstance of your having required a bed at Lansdowne House ⁵ on the occasion. If it had not been for that, we should not have guessed what ball you were speaking of –

We had very pleasant weather for the journey, but latterly extremely hot, so that we walked on the banks of the lake of Neufchatel by starlight without hats & bonnets – On Sunday however about the middle of the day a great storm of rain came on, while we were at Aarberg, so that we entered Berne on a very wet evening – It rained all Sunday evening & night, and at present (Tuesday noon) it is raining hard as ever without any appearance of abating –

I have not time before the post goes to give any account of our adventures therefore I must reserve them for my next letter. Direct Poste Restante, Berne.

Yours aff^ly
Henry Talbot

Monsieur
M. le Capitaine Feilding

31 Sackville Street
Londres