My dear Henry
I have some floating thoughts of going down to see Horatia <1> today by the Express train, & coming back again tomorrow. Do you think she cd lodge me and my maid for one night? & what do you think of my scheme? I have had no letter today, & suppose she is better – only I thought it might do her spirits good. Of course I could only stay one night. Give me a line quickly, as Aunt L. <2> has asked me to dine with her, & I have not yet answered –
Yrs affly
Caroline
Notes:
1. Henrietta Horatia Maria Gaisford, née Feilding (1810–1851), WHFT’s half-sister.
2. Louisa Emma Petty Fitzmaurice, née Fox Strangways, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1785-1851), wife of Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne; Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, 1837-1838; WHFT's aunt.
3. Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, Lord Valletort, 3rd Earl of Mt Edgcumbe (1797–1861), WHFT’s brother-in-law.