TALBOT3350

London
2^d August

My Dear Henry

I called at the Royal Institution ¹ & they told me M^r Faraday ² is in the Isle of Wight, & that they always keep his letters for him till he returns. This will account I suppose for your having no answer.

If more savans come then you can hold,^<3> you must accept M^r F’s ³ offer of absenting himself. It seems the coupé will be so loaded that five persons cannot go, they will refuse to take so many therefore we must leave Amandier ⁴ to come afterwards, and now Horatia ⁵ says she feels strong enough to undertake the whole in one day, as she did more (as to fatigue) in France. Therefore we shall probably arrive in the Evening Thursd^y, I hope 8 o’clock but don’t expect us after 10 – Some people would blush to have fixed & unfixed so often, but I am hardened

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We can take down some tea but shall not have room for sugar it is too voluminous