TALBOT3537

Sackville St ¹
14^th Friday

My dear Henry

I did not write for the last few days because Papa ² was going on much the same – He is getting gradually better, & the leg is diminishing but very slow indeed, & he still complains very much of his tongue which is what he suffers the most from now I think, & gives him a still greater dislike to eating particularly animal food, & yet it is very necessary he should be nourished & strengthened He sleeps a great deal both in the day & night which is a very good thing –

Two days ago he asked me what had happened since the King’s ³ death & wished to hear all the news Uncle William ⁴ is gone with L^y I. ⁵ to Normanby but will return in a few days. Uncle John ⁶ is in Dorsetshire about his election – Henry FitzM. ⁷ set off in M^r Heneage’s ⁸ yacht just as he was wanted to appear at Calne, ⁹ & Lord L. ¹⁰ has been in a great taking & sending letters after him to Mt Edgcumbe ¹¹ & Mount’s Bay & everywhere along the coast. Kit & Charlotte ¹² set off next Monday for Wales to canvass. London is thinning very fast. The Queen ¹³ took possession of her new palace yesterday & gave a dinner on the occasion. She is to prorogue Parl^t in person – Aunt Louisa ¹⁴ will be in attendance – I should like to see it. Lord V & Bimbo ¹⁵ were to have arrived to-day but he has the gout again in his foot & so cannot set out yet.

Addio fratel carissimo ¹⁶

Y^r aff^te
Horatia

Give my love to Constance ¹⁷ & a kiss to the babes.

Pray tell me how my garden is looking & whether Mama’s ¹⁸ yellow roses have flowered – & what there is in my kitchen garden.