TALBOT3703

6^th July

My Dear Henry

I am sorry Mary ¹ has not answered you, but am not surprised, for it is her way & a very inconvenient way for her friends, particularly if you go by Steam’s from Bristol which like Time & Tide will wait for no Man. I have had Leighton here to look at your Palmarum, ² and he says the binding will not come to more than eighteen Shillings, so I strongly advise you having them done, as the dust is already engrained on the Margins, & they are too good to be left to the tender mercies of a London housemaid & another damp winter, too many such have already passed over the heads of their poor Palm Trees. Let me know by return of post I shall go to day to inquire why the Marble man did not go down as promised. It seems the Weather has been much better with you, I am sorry the Foreigners should see it so bad here. Caroline & L^d V. ³ came back from Richmond last night. Bimbo ⁴ is left there. D^r Chambers is to determine to day when he is to go to Buxton. I found the enclosed receipt laying about after you were gone – you had better keep it