TALBOT2760

Laycock abbey
14 November

My Dear Henry

I have done what you desired ¹ & sent to engage Edward ² for you from the 1^st December. He has been again with Lord M^t E. ³ but only on a job, & luckily is just now free. Franklin ⁴ is placé ⁵ as Butler, but you cannot want two men servants during December & January while you are here, nor can Constance ⁶ be in any distress for a Maid amongst all ours – & I earnestly entreat you not to take them in a hurry as good servants do not grow on every tree. I have inquired as you wished me to do so, but it is not so easy as you seem to imagine. I advise you to [illegible] your oars & not take either Valet or Femme de Chambre ⁷ rashly – Edward is all you can really want till the meeting of Parliament. I write à la hâte ⁸ having been all the Morning at Bowood ⁹ but must catch the foreign post. M^r F. ¹⁰ begs you will inquire again at the Embassy for Letters, you had better do so the last thing before you leave Paris

M^r Mons^r Talbot
Paris