TALBOT3831

My dear Henry

I am very glad to hear such a good account of your new little daughter and her Mamma ¹ pray give very kind love to her and tell her how much we rejoice in the addition to the little family. – It was very kind of you to send me the Photogenic drawing or picture of the little Campanula, ² I admire the delicacy of the flower stalks beyond every thing, nothing can be more natural than it is. John Llewelyan ³ who is much bitten by Chemistry at present is delighted with your discovery & Emma ⁴ writes me word that his is so busy following in your steps now, she herself & some other drawing people (I must not call them artists) are perfectly crazy about it! – We are still at Margam ⁵ & until Kit & Lady C ⁶ are obliged to go to London they will keep us here I suppose. the Garden is very bare indeed but the snowdrops & coloured Primroses ornament the Grove as in days of yore and many a bunch I bring in for old acquaintance sake. I never feel comfortable in passing by the old Cottage and envy the Gardener & other inhabitants in the bottom of my heart in spite of the large rooms & comforts as well as luxuries with which this house abounds. I have been scrambling up to the top of the Wood today and enjoyed the walk when I found it for I was obliged to confess to myself the toiling up did not suit me quite as well as it did thirty years ago! – Mamma ⁷ is pretty well and Lady Charlotte sits out on the Terrace whenever we have a Sunshiny day. It is now very cold again but last week it was like Summer & the birds seemed to enjoy it & were singing all day long. –

I hope Horatia has returned from Brighton in good looks and that Caroline’s boys are quite well where are they now

My kind love to Aunt Lily & your sisters Ela & Rosamond. ⁸

I am your aff^ate Coz
Mary

What is the baby’s name to be? Charlotte & Mr Traherne are still in the West but I hope they will soon come here –

March 6. –

Taibach March eight 1839 CRM Talbot
WHF. Talbot Esq^r
44 Queen Anne S^{t 9}
London