My dear H.

Giovanni ^<1> will tell you that it will be ½ past one tomorrow, & probably ½ past 2 before I can get your lascia passare ^<2>, & 3 therefore before it can be at the Porta San Giovanni – your carriage therefore had better not arrive till then – I send you 2 letters & the last Number of Gaglinani ^<3> Magazine to amuse you at your Inn –

We shall all be delighted to see you

Y^r aff

C. F

W. H. F. Talbot Esq^r

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Notes:

1. Giovanni Percij.

2. ‘Lasciapassàre’: pass, permit.

3. Galignani’s Messenger, a newspaper that had a wide circulation among English residents on the Continent.