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My Dear Henry

We miss you very much, & hope you will soon come back. Louisa L. ¹ has been in bed ever since the Party, D^r Chambers will not let her get up, he says her muscles are strained by too much standing, in the morning with the Queen, ² & in the Ev^g with the D^ss of Gloucester. ³ Nothing is come for you yet except the enclosed left by a Clerk from Hammersley’s. ⁴ Dont forget to send y^r excuse to the D. of Devonshire ⁵ M^r Moore ⁶ has not dined with us but that once, he is engaged every day two or three deep. Tell Constance ⁷ for her comfort that the smell of paint goes off quickly this time of year. It is a pleasant smell I think & gives one the idea of newness & cleanness. I hope it is all done to your satisfaction

London May twentyone 1838 W Strangways ⁸
H. Fox Talbot Esq^r
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham