TALBOT4813

Bath
Wednesday evening

My dear Papa,

I am afraid you will have thought me very faithless in thus departing precipitately without looking in again to wish you goodbye. I fully intended it, but was busy up to the last moment, & then met Charles ¹ in the Hall who said it was late.

We waited however ten minutes for the train, & who do you think we met in the train? Our amiable Bishop returning from Chippenham. ² He had seen M^r Roach, ³ I believe, today, but of course did not mention any thing of their conversation. In his company was M^r Gardiner, vicar of B Box, who sustained a severe shaking in the railway accident the other day, but now appears to have recovered. It was his first railway journey since & he confessed to feeling nervous

I think E. will find the mince-meat receipt somewhere in her room.

I carried off Sarah Spedding’s⁴ letter but will send her an extract

Your affectionate daughter
Rosamond

[envelope:]
H. F. Talbot Esqre
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham