TALBOT6278

Laycock Abbey
Sunday 30^th

My dear Henry

I don't see why we need name any day absolutely till we hear what the Dean says - perhaps he maybe satisfied with the settlements as they are & then it would be no use putting it off at least I hope it will not be later than the 12^th as then we could not have L^d Lansdowne ¹ w^h w^d be a pity - I think if you have not packed up Stilwells ² book I should like you to leave it with Caroline ³ & please to ask her for a key of mine she had got. M^r Gaisford ⁴ went away yesterday & does not propose coming again till Monday week. Perhaps his being at Oxford may tend to expedite matters.

I went to Bowood ⁵ Friday & found my Aunt ⁶ better but not very strong yet & coming back I called on poor M^rs Moore ⁷ - who was in great affliction but seemed pleased to see me

It was quite Siberian coming down Bowden Hill ⁸ by moonlight with an icy wind blowing.

Y^r aff sister
Horatia

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Henry Fox Talbot Esq^re.
Athenæum Club
London