Hôtel Royal. Calais, ^<1>

le 12 May 1843

My Dear Mother,

I came here this morning in 2 hours & a half, the weather was beautiful and the sea quite calm. We left the French steamboat so far behind that even the experienced eyes of the captain and crew could not see her.

I was going to Hotel Dessin but M. Rignolle ^<2> or his commissionaire hailed me by name before I landed – This “souvenir” was irresistible, so I went to the Hotel Rignolle autrement dit Royal. ^<3>

We left Dover a little after seven, & got here a quarter before ten – I am going to set off for Paris when I have posted this letter –

Your aff^te

Henry

Lady E. Feilding
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Angleterre

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Notes:

1. Printed letterhead.

2. D’uguenne Rignolle, of Calais.

3. Hotel Rignolle otherwise called Royal.