Tuesday 25 –
My dear Henry,
I am glad to find that you really think of coming home. – I am surprised not to have heard anything yet from Markeaton, <1> as to whether they <2> will come before or after their visit to Moreton. <3> – But as I suppose they are pausing upon some difficulty & as I had promised to inform them whenever there was a probability of your return, I write today to Marian, <4> without waiting for an answer to my former letter. – I have said that I really think you will come Saturday & that you will stay about a week, or longer if you can, but that it is very uncertain. – If you feel quite sure of coming when you say perhaps you will write them a line to tell them so. – that is, if you like. –
Mr Feilding <5> wishes you would if enquire at Rodwell’s the bookseller Bond St. – (is that how he spells his name?) whether there are any books for him; & if there are, he hopes you will bring them down to Lacock with you, – Pray remember all the other parcels. –
Yr affecte
Constance
Mr Feilding is much better, can walk a few steps without crutches, & has been out in the close carriage today. –
Lydia Price <6> is to come to me Saturday. –
Notes:
1. Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire, NW of Derby: home of the Mundy family.
2. Her parents. [See Doc. No: 02830].
3. Moreton, Dorset: home of the Frampton family.
4. Her sister, Marian Gilder, née Mundy (1806 – 14 October 1860); m. 6 August 1844 William Troward Gilder (d. 1871), Army Surgeon (ret).
5. Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780–1837), Royal Navy; WHFT’s step-father.
6. Lady’s maid.