TALBOT5623

Lacock Abbey
Easter day –

My dear Henry

Madamoiselle Dutscheck’s ¹ nine months salary amounts to 56 pounds – 25 of which I have paid her – and the remaining £30. she wishes to be remitted to Mess^rs Stone & Martins 68 Lombard Street ² – and placed to her account, as she has money already in their hands – Will you please to cause Jones ³ to pay the sum accordingly, with instructions to the Bankers to apprise M^lle Dutscheck thereof at Coedriglau ⁴– And I will repay you the said £30 – from my funds in the Melksham Bank, when you come home –

Horatia has at length heard from M^lle Amélina ⁵ – whose silence seems to have arisen wholly from a tedious cold – She sends many kind messages to you & to me & assurances that she is much engaged with her preparations for coming at the time before fixed, namely the end of this month, & that she may possibly be ready a few days sooner – If so she will be welcome, as the coast is clear & she may come whenever it suits her – the sooner, the better. –

I wish you had been here today to enjoy the soft South breeze – more delicious than any we have had since last summer. – charming Easter weather for those poor people who have been shut up in London for the last three months – & who are now pouring forth in search of fresh country air –

You do not write to either of us – Why not? at least a line –

Your affectionate
Constance –

Wright ⁶ goes up tomorrow to Sackville St ⁷ – as of course you know.

[envelope:]
H. F. Talbot Esq^r.
31. Sackville Street
London