TALBOT7372

Harrow ¹
Sunday Evening March 8^th

My dear Father,

I am afraid I have been very long in writing to thank you for the trouble you took about my exeat. In your first letter you said you had written to M^r Steel, ² and though I thought I would be impossible to get such an exeat & knew it to be against the rules of the School I should have been too late in telling you so. Since that I have thought that I might arrange to go with Pepys by the South Western but I have not been able to see him in fact I cant think where he is got to. I intended to Arrange about this before I wrote to you to tell you the results. I don't see any chance of my going this quarter, particularly as I believe that there will be no Exeat holiday. When I have seen Pepys and spoken to him I will tell you what he says. I daresay we shall manage it next quarter. I don't know whether you know the [illegible deletion] news from here. That Lord Ebrington ³ has presented some fine cups of silver gilt in side to the School to be contended for in [illegible deletion] batting, bowling, running, jumping, swimming, fielding & Racquets. I suppose they will not become the property of the gamer but that he will hold them fo for not more than 3 quarters, and exhibit the the cup in his room, so as to let every body know that he is the best batter or bowler &c, at Harrow.

Next Tuesday the 10^th is the day fix'ed for the examination of Natural Science. I dont like the subject at all & am not confident of doing well.

I hope we shall have something better next quarter.

Trials will be set now soon. I shall be low not higher than 20 in quarter marks, it is the Greek & Latin composition, particularly Latin prose & Greek Prose & Iambics.

I have been planning operations for next holidays. If you have time I should like next holidays to do some Greek & Latin prose, & Greek Iambics. Also I propose to occupy myself in private with Algebra.

I believe that the Easter holidays will probably being on the Tuesday before Easter the 7^th of April.

I have also got some private plans of my own to do when at home provided you will supply me with a little gutta percha ⁴ of which you used to have a big roll.

Goodbye My dear Father
Your Affect. son
Charles Talbot