TALBOT5886

Bath
21 Queen Square

Feb^y - 18^th 1847

My dear Henry

L^d M^t Edgcumbe ¹ is willing to give 350 Gs for Lady Sligo's ² House from 1^st May, with the right of remaining till the end of August, if his old servant Finney pronounces that there are rooms enough to accommodate us, - I must add that one of his fears in taking it will be that you may be wishing, when the time comes, to overstay the 1^st of May - I must beg you therefore, not to enter into the arrangem^t if you think that in that respect it is possible that you may be unable to adhere to it - for I know it w^d put him extremely out, to be kept in the least in uncertainty as to our movements.

I think you are quite right not to send an imperfect copy of the prints to the Qⁿ,³ but if it is not too late, I w^d recommend that the P^e of Wales ⁴ should not be mounted. H.M. generally sticks those things in a book, & does not like them mounted - if on the contrary she should wish for a mount, she can easily get it done afterw^ds & I think also the simpler the mounts the better.

I was charmed with M^r Brydge's [sic] Convents ⁵ - but the Superb, tho' very good, was not equal to the one (with guns & ropes,)⁶ w^ch you forcibly took from poor me! Do tell me how many & which prints were given to you by H.M.

Ever Y^r aff^te

Caroline

My Waiting ⁷ is deferred for a fortnight, for fear of Chickenpox contagion. I go into waiting on 9^th March.