TALBOT4015

London
2^d Feb^ry 1840

Dear Constance

As Wright ¹ is coming Monday and my mother ² on Tuesday, I shall send down Nicole ³ on Tuesday to take care of you all. Pray send Pullen ⁴ with the cart to meet him at Melksham ⁵ (Kings Arms) I suppose he will arrive there about ½ past four.

My pictures had great success at M^r Babbage’s ⁶ last night, Sir David Wilkie ⁷ and Sir Francis Chantrey ⁸ happened to be there & admired them. M^r Wheatstone is going to exhibit them at the next meeting of the Graphic Society ⁹ – I dined with M^rs Nicholl ¹⁰ the other day, she seems to have enjoyed her Continental trip uncommonly, and she says the notes & memoranda I gave her were of the greatest use, and she even found the rare plants growing in the places which I pointed out.

Kit ¹¹ came up to Town expressly to give his vote on the recent division & then went back to Margam ¹² immediately

Kiss the children ¹³ for me

Your aff^te
Henry