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Cotehele ¹
Thursday August 25^th 1870

My dear Henry

Many thanks for telling me about the safe arrival of Rosamond & Amandier ² at Dover. I am very glad indeed to hear of it – for I could not help feeling a little uneasy, lest they should get into trouble – particularly at Paris – & especially as I did not know whether they had a courier with them or not.

I think they were very brave to come by a road so near the theatre of war. ³

Ernestine ⁴ & I send our best loves to them – & Val ⁵ joins with us in congratulating you on their safe return. He is just come, with Katie, ⁶ who has not seen Cotehele for 8 years. They arrived at M^t E. ⁷ from Eastwell Park, last Thursday – & found poor little Alick ⁸ had the Scarlatina – so they went next day to the Winter Villa ⁹ – & came today to pay us a little visit. They hired a Steamer, & came up the River – much the easiest way. The day is quite lovely!

Little Alick has had the fever very mildly, & was only 4 days in bed – but the other 3 have been kept quite away from him, & shew no symptoms yet.

Are you not sorry for the French? I should much like to see that fac-simile – Love to Constance ¹⁰ –

Y^r aff^te Sister
Caroline