TALBOT3628

Laycock Abbey

14 Dec^r

Dear Henry

Of course Gwynne ¹ did not after your answer think of inviting more than 50 <cousins?> She was very much obliged to you for consenting, which I had given her no hopes you would. Pray ask Laporte in Burlington Arcade for my trois ² agendas, & bring them down with you they must be come from Paris by this time. I suppose you will bring the Power of attorney ³ you mentioned. We long to see your dear face again & think you will brighten up and drive fire side. I have been very low indeed, what with my illness & the gloomy weather, & my own dispiriting reflexions.

Y^rs afft

E F

I am afraid you forgot the Dutch proverb that Paint costs nothing. Quantities of things here are going to decay for want of it – The Dutch live in a climate as damp as ours, which made them find it out

Henry Talbot Esq^rs
31 Sackville Street
London