Laycock Abbey
Sunday 9th April
My Dear Henry
I wonder I have not heard from you. The Ad. <1> has had a very sharp attack of rhumatic [sic] gout, & never been able to move either leg since I wrote last. He has suffered a great deal & now repents he staid here after the first pains he felt the beginning of March, when He would certainly have gone to Brighton if it had not been for his reluctance to leave me quite alone. I was quite unhappy about him yesterday, but he is better to day. He has sent the Coachman up with the horses to fetch down the Coach as it will be quite impossible for him to bend the knee in the coupé for some time. If you have any light thing to send down the Berline can bring it. The horses will get to town to night & leave London again Tuesday Morning. Remember it must be light, because la Berline est deja assez lourde pour 2 chevaux. <2> It snows to day regularly all day like Jany are you coming?
affly
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Henry
Notes:
1. Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780–1837), Royal Navy; WHFT’s step-father.
2. The Berline is already heavy enough for two horses.