London
Tuesday
28 Janry 1845
My Dear Mother
Is it our fault that we see so little of Moore? <1> You know he hardly will go anywhere – it is not for want of pressing –
I forgot to tell you I took upon me to send another copy of the P. of N. <2> in your name to Tom M. <3> – for I concluded that G.M. <4> must have made a mistake –. It does not much signify, for the copy which went to Dover was extremely well received, and gave great pleasure.
I went to Brighton Saturday and staid there Sunday which was a splendid day, Brighton in all its glory, the sea raging, the North West Wind blowing keenly, and the Sun shining. Monday was stormy but not at all unpleasant – I returned to Town in the evening, vaguer à mes affaires. <5>
Your affte
Henry
Notes:
1. Thomas Moore (1780–1852), Irish poet.
2. WHFT, The Pencil of Nature (London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, June 1844–April 1846 [issued in six fascicles]).
3. Tom Montgomerie, brother of Rev. G. S. M. Montgomerie. [See Doc. No: 05168].
4. Rev George Stephen Molyneux Montgomerie (1790–1850), artist, Norwich.
5. To do what I have to do.