Friday April 13.
13 Great Stuart Street Edinburgh
My dear Henry
I have received all your letters, including one from Paris this morning – If anything particular had occurred I should have written to the hotel Meurice; but I did not fancy you wished a letter at any rate, from your expression, if you write, direct &c – After Monie’s one letter to you at Cannes, she wrote several times to Ernestine; so that you wd have heard of us, had you returned there, as we expected; – more we could not do as you gave us no fresh address. – You seem to have made quite an inspection of Railways in Switzerland – no doubt they are very convenient, & very wonderful? but I wish they had been impossible – It is a thousand pities to traverse those grand scenes in such a hurry, and besides – think of the Awful accidents that must inevitably occur there from time to time – I am afraid you cannot generally have had good weather for your journey and if you attempted crossing the Channel today you may have found it very rough. – Our weather is now greatly improved – yesterday & and the day before was milder though gloomy – today we have a bright sun with one or two heavy showers – and a very high wind from the South West. – Of course You will write from London & tell us your further plans – Should you intend coming to Edinburgh before going down to Lacock, you will find us subsiding into great quietness – The Brewsters & others have left – so that I do not know who among your particular friends will be to be found. I believe the Kellands go into the country about this time – We are to have a small Music Party on Thursday next the 19th – it is a long standing promise of Mrs Fletcher’s to come & spend an Evening with us – and we have invited a few people to meet her –
Did you see about a fortnight back in the Newspapers that the Llewyllens have lost their Son Willy? The same who had been quartered with his Regiment at Piershill before we came to Edinb and had ever since been away on sick leave. Charles knew him and liked him – and was <ill. del> very sorry to hear of his untimely death. – I have heard no particulars, altho’ I wrote to ask Harriot Mundy –
All are well here – The Clarks came to us last week for the Club Ball – and returned home again.
Your affectionate
Constance–