TALBOT3215

[this is written on the same sheet as notes from Lady Elisabeth: - and William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways .]

Laycock Abbey

28^th February

My dear Henry –

If you are determined to build this year, may we have a bit of the pannelling taken down in the gallery to see exactly where the secret staircase comes; it does not signify whether that is done sooner or later; if sooner, tant mieux then we shall see it before we go –

Y^rs aff^ly
Caroline

[A sketch of a portion of the proposed South Front is drawn on the rear inside page, with the caption:]
Height from top of Balustrade to the ground – [illegible deletion] 37 f^t. [illegible deletion] 2 inches

[Address panel:]
Henry Fox Talbot Esq
31 Sackville Street
London