Bowood ^<1>

Tuesday –

My dear Henry

I will not fail you tomorrow in the course of the afternoon – Bimbo ^<2> is all impatience to make acquaintance with Ela ^<3> All along the road he kept asking if he was not going to see little Ela cousin?

Y^rs aff^ly

Caroline

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Notes:

1. Bowood House, nr Calne, Wiltshire, 5 mi NE of Lacock: seat of the Marquess of Lansdowne

2. William Henry Edgcumbe, ‘Val’, 4th Earl Mt Edgcumbe (1832–1917), JP & Ld Steward of the Royal Household; WHFT’s nephew ‘Bimbo’.

3. Ela Theresa Talbot (1835–1893), WHFT’s 1st daughter.