TALBOT3094

Nice
Thursday May 28^th 1835

My Dear Henry

Thank you for having written again so soon – I am comforted now for having made up my mind to put off M^rs Wilks, ¹ [sic] as I find she could not have been here in time – I suppose by this time she has received my letter to that effect – I am very glad indeed to hear such improved accounts of Constance; ² I have transmitted them à mesure ³ to Mamma ⁴ at Genoa – poor dear Henry! I wish some of us had been with you to comfort you during all this dismal time – you must have been very lonesome. – You need not be alarmed for us on account of the excessive heat here – We have not had one hot day yet, but on the contrary many cool ones – Today is positively cold, with a high wind & rain – I suppose the seasons are changed at Nice as well as in England – While these east winds last, I do not think L.V. ⁵ will get well, & I rather look forward to the hot weather, if it ever comes, as a means of recovery for him. – They arrived safely at Genoa last Friday– neither so much tired, nor frightened, nor disgusted with the rains as was to be expected– Horatia ⁶ delighted with the views, & pictures at the Palazzo Brignole, & preparing to go to the opera for the first time these two years!– I expect them back in another week, but I know nothing positive about their return – I wish you would do a commission for me; I hope it will not be a very difficult one, but I don’t know exactly the way it ought to be done – it is to send to Nice, directed to me , aux soins de M. Lacroix, ⁷ some Infant’s Biscuits – I am pretty sure the man who makes them lives in Berners S^t but Aunt Louisa ⁸ will give you the direction – they must be quite fresh– I sh^d like to have about 40 or 50 dozen– they sh^d be packed in air proof tin boxes & sent by the Roulage ⁹ – the diligence is much too expensive a mode of conveyance; but the other will do, although slower – I suppose th[ey]¹⁰ could be plombés ¹¹ as to the Var. – we’ enquire & see if you can do this w[ithout] much trouble – only send them immediately & ask Aunt L. for the shop that we may be sure of having the right kind–

Addio caro fratello ¹² – the post is just going – Love to Constance
Y^r aff^te Sister
Caroline

Angleterre
Henry Fox Talbot Esq^r
31 Sackville Street
London