TALBOT4853

Tuesday Nov 14^th

My dear Henry

Will you read this note which I have received from Lady Elisabeth ¹ in answer to my enquiry if she were going down to L Abbey tomorrow - Your perusal of it will save you a long explanation from me - I am going to Sackville ² before 2 to say 'yes' - because I think it is an agreeable opportunity of seeing Windsor Castle which may never occur again - & under Wright's ³ protection I shall feel no nervous shyness - I must arrange with him about the hour, but as I shall not be back from our morning's drive before post-time, I shall not be able to fix positively the hour for the Cobourg to meet me at Chippenham ⁴ - Will you therefore order it to be in waiting for me at a reasonable hour - I think there is a train which arrives about ½ past 5 - & if I cannot manage to be in time for that - the Cobourg must wait for the next - & so on till I do appear - Will you intimate to the Household that I am coming & that I shall expect to find my room warmed by a cheerful fire -

Your affectionate
Constance.

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H. F Talbot Esqre
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham