TALBOT606

Bowood ¹
July 31^st 1814

My dear Mamma,

I came here very safe yesterday morning about nine oclock. There were in the same body with me, only two people at first, one of whom left us very soon. The other stayed all the way, & nobody else came in. She enquired particularly after M^r & M^rs Something or other at every stage: & how their sons & daughters were, & whether they were married yet, & ended always with saying that M^rs – was a worthy woman, & she had not seen her for several years. When I got to Calne, ² I went to bed for a couple of hours. L^d Lansdowne’s ³ carriage came in the interim, & so I came here. Yesterday L^d L. rode to Bath & back: while Aunt Louisa ⁴ & I rowed about the water, & picked rushes & water lilies. – Aunt Mary ⁵ is not coming here: so they are going to take me to Melbury. ⁶ Only there is a difficulty about my trunk.

Y^rs Affectionately
Henry Talbot

Calne July thirty first 1814 Lansdowne
Lady E. Feilding
Sackville Street ⁷
London