TALBOT9913

Mount Edgcumbe ¹
Devonport.
1^st Oct^r 1872

My dear Henry

You will not be surprized, after the letter I wrote to you on Saturday, to hear that poor dear Louisa Gallwey’s ² illness has ended as we feared – & that she breathed her last on Sunday.

Lady Gallwey ³ has been very kind in writing to me several times – & yesterday I had a telegram saying that she died quite peacefully.

It is another link gone of old times, & happy remembrances of childhood. She was always so kind & even tempered, & always so glad to see me.

We spent a very happy time together alone, last year, at Cotehele. ⁴

I have put off my visit to Abbotsbury, ⁵ & we stay here this week, & then return to Cotehele.

My love to Constance & Amandier, ⁶ & all at Lacock – Let me hear from you –

Y^r aff^te sister
Caroline

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Henry Fox Talbot Esqr
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham