TALBOT8561

Trin Coll Cam. ¹
Wednesday May 8

My dear Father,

I received your two last letters, I have not been to Mortlocks bank yet but they must have got the checque. I am glad to get my college-bill.

I have not time to write any more to night, however I will write soon ,. please tell Mamma ² so for I owe them some letters at Millburn, ³ you saw I dare say that Myers has got a scholarship also. Purkiss a sizar in our year & Turnbull who was plucked in his Little-go. ⁴ There were only 4 given to our year. Plowden, a Harrow man got one in the 3^rd year, He is evidently a man of consideralbe ability, but I believe he reads very little. He always had a name for being one of the cleverest me fellows at Harrow, and he has long heenjoyed an undoubled reputation for idleness. he read I believe pretty hard last term for these scholarships. He must have a good deal of ability, for he overslept himself and came in late on the morning when we had a miscellaneous classical paper and the examiner sent him out again without letting him do the paper – I believe he is a good Greek scholar, & I don’t think he knows much mathematics. He is also captain of the University Cricket Eleven

Your affect son
Charles–

PS. I’ve written more than I thought I could.

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H Fox Talbot Esq
Millburn Tower
n^r Edinburgh