My dear Papa,
I send you a sheet of the Daily Observer Telegraph in which you will find two paragraphs about Mr Sheridan’s <1> election. What a tremendously windy day; it will dry everything up more than it was before. In London it seems they have had some rain which they didn’t want.
You will see by the enclosed note from Miss Phillips that we have done well to engage W. Cox, <2> as nothing offered from any other quarter. However one cannot be hopeful about any butler now, but when we do at last find one to suit and stay, we shall be, I suppose, delighted in proportion to the difficulty – After all we havn’t <sic> yet reached the 12th trial!
John <3> is going to take you a small basket of Bath bread which I hope will arrive in time for tea.
Your affectionate daughter
Rosamond
Mamie <4> thanks you for your letter. We shall certainly arrive on Monday, unless unable to find a conveyance which I do not think likely.Notes:
1. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (d. 1888), liberal MP. [See Doc. No: 03565].
2. He obviously suited as Butler, as he was still in service to the family in 1876.
3. Servant.
4. Amélina Petit De Billier, ‘Mamie’, ‘Amandier’ (1798–1876), governess and later close friend of the Talbot family [See Amélina's journal].