TALBOT8987

Tuesday July. 11^th
My dear Father,

I am coming to Lacock on Thursday morning as I wrote to Monnie. ¹ I havent shall go by the earliest train that I can and will You be so good therefore as to ask them to send the pony-carriage to meet the express which gets to Chippenham at 11.40. unless If I do not write again. and if I am not there by the express it had better wait for the next fast train 1.55, which leaves London at 10.

The Miss Gibson Craigs ² are coming on Friday as they told me last night. there being a ball at Lady Essen’s on Thursday.

We had a beautiful ball at Mrs [Nivins?] last night. Not too hot very hot but yet very crowded which is always I believe the case. I did knew very few people so didn’t dance much but contented myself with conversation.

They had a cotillon [sic] which lasted a long time, and it was 5 oclock when they [illegible deletion] finished, and rather a nice looking morning.

I wrote yesterday to Theodore Talbot ³ & Champneys asking them to come, I also wrote to Monnie.

Sir William ⁴ is going to leave Town on Wednesday I think. I am going to try and find Aunt Caroline ⁵ again today.

I hope you will succeed with Mr Nesbitts ⁶ book-cover. I never heard that the photograph had been sent. Did you acknowledge the receipt of it. a If not I will write and thank him when I get to Lacock. If you did I hope you didn’t spell his name Nisbett

Your affect son

Charles.