Bath
Thursday April 22d
My dear Henry
I hope Charles <1> remembered my two messages to you yesterday. - I was so sorry I omitted to write by Sunday evening's post. according to promise. but I was advised that the non ordering of the Cobourg <2> to the Station on Monday wd sufficiently indicate that we had changed the day -
I think you may like to see what Harriot <3> proposes about their coming to spend a fortnight at Bath. I shall be very glad for my dear Brother's <4> company - and I think if the weather should be fine, they may find it a pleasant change. I am sure it must be good for both of them to get away from Markeaton <5> occasionally. Harriot talks of the 31st - by which I may understand the 1st of May - H having apparently forgotten that there are only 30 days in April. That will fit-in nicely with your time, as Rd <6> tells me, which is very lucky. We had some thundery rain yesterday afternoon, which changed the air again - and it is very wet & chilly today. The sketching plan is of course postponed. -
Your affectionate
Constance
[envelope:]
H. F. Talbot, Esqre
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Notes:
1. Charles Henry Talbot (1842-1916), antiquary & WHFT's only son.
2.The cobourg was a two-wheeled covered carriage, used especially in the country.
3. Harriot Georgiana Mundy, née Frampton (1806-1886), WHFT’s cousin & sister-in-law.
4. William Mundy (1801-1877), politician, WHFT's brother-in-law.
5. Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire, NW of Derby: home of the Mundy family.
6. Rosamond Constance 'Monie' Talbot (1837-1906), artist & WHFT's 2nd daughter.