[this is written on the same sheet as notes from Lady Elisabeth: Doc. No: 01963 - and William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways Doc. No: 03214.]
Laycock Abbey
28th February
My dear Henry –
If you are determined to build this year, may we have a bit of the pannelling taken down in the gallery to see exactly where the secret staircase comes; it does not signify whether that is done sooner or later; if sooner, tant mieux then we shall see it before we go –
Yrs affly
Caroline
[A sketch of a portion of the proposed South Front is drawn on the rear inside page, with the caption:]
Height from top of Balustrade to the ground – [illegible deletion] 37 ft. [illegible deletion] 2 inches
[Address panel:]
Henry Fox Talbot Esq
31 Sackville Street
London
Notes:
1. So much the better.