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My dear Henry

Finding that I had time I sent my MS.^<1> round by Emily (Dow^r) L^y Suffield,¹ to whom I had promised to lend it before – & who I did not like to disappoint, as poor soul, she has been fretting so much over her scamp of a son Walter Harbord,² that I did not like to disappoint her of any little pleasure I could give her – it is so little I can do to please any one. She tells me she has sent it on straight to you, & now I write her remarks upon it, which are very gratifying. Only two criticisms, one that it should be P^ss C. of Wales, in which she is quite wrong, as Harriot³ had made me omit that – so as she has marked it in pencil on the first page, will you rub it out again?

The 2^d has not been noticed by you or H^t, but she thinks for publication, She would leave out the prince giving up his bed to M^rs C., as considering his character she thought it would cause reflections, & I might hear remarks made upon it. I rather think she may have some sense in her remarks, & if you are of the same mind, & have not sent it off, will you scratch out decently for me, the words “giving up his own apartment to her, with a large bed of satin, on an estrade or step,” Then it will read very well “There all night, – nor would the Prince” &c⁴ Should it be already gone we shall hear what the Editor says – it may be a hyper-criticism, but I have not the slightest objection to this little omission. She further says “you told me to find fault, which I can scarcely see or find,” (Then the criticism – “It is a charming Memoir, & I am very much obliged to you for sending it to me.”

I write this off directly in the hope that it may reach you before you send off the MS. & you will be glad to hear that though E Suffield is the hottest of the Queen’s partisans, not even seeing a fault in her bad Churchmanship, she makes no remark upon my now very innocent notice of the Monument, so that you may be quite happy as to its unobjectionable nature, & that no one even amongst those who differ from me, can take it in the light of painful reflections.

I haste to catch the early post.

Your aff^te cousin
Louisa Ch^tte Frampton

Lulworth Villa
S^t Mary Church
Torquay – Tuesday 15^th June