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13 Great Stuart St.
Thursday Dec 6.

My dear Henry

I do not know whether these letters are of any immediate importance – but I send them for the chance – Say whether you wish other such (if such should come) to lie on your table till you come to Edinburgh – Will you please give Anna the little note which I will put in this envelope – It is only a message about the Laundress – &c.

Thank you for sending last week’s Athenæum which we received today. – How very harmlessly the great Trades-demonstration passed off on Monday! I read the account in the Times (skipping the Speeches) – and was much interested – The People seemed to have behaved so patiently under their disappointment – for the greater part never reached the Beaufort Grounds–¹ and consequently did not have what they had paid for – but the error lay with those who tried to organize an impossible and ill advised assemblage – I see the Bishop of London’s charge well spoken of. I am going to read it – for I had no time yesterday, what with going to sea Fanny Napier married at S^t Johns – and afterwards walking in the sloppy Streets, and getting caught in a violent storm of wind & rain – then going in the Evening to a dance, given by the Napiers’ relation Miss Rgibey, [sic] in honor of the marriage. – Nobody appears to have cried at on the occasion, and the Bride herself was not only composed, – but happy – for she was observed to laugh at the déjeuner. – When are you coming? – We think you have had as much of solitude as can possibly be good for you at one time – I have not heard anything of Sir David & Lady Brewster ² – but suppose he came by himself for the opening meeting of the Royal Society – I send you the Courant which gives a notice of his Address – which was read by D^r Lyon Playfair, ³ as the weather was such as to prevent Sir David himself attending the meeting. – Mr. Primrose called on me today – and I am glad to say he gives a more hopeful acc^t of M^rs Primrose ⁴ – inasmuch as the Climate of Cannes agrees – and she is able to take Cod liver oil, which she couldn’t do before she went away –

We expect M^lle Amélina ⁵ this Evening, if the weather has not kept her from Starting to day – it has been deplorably wet since 3 o’clock –

Your affectionate
Constance

6 o’clock – M^lle A. just arrived with a head ache – but she has had a good journey – notwithstanding the miserable weather.