Whorlton.
Frid. 9th March
My dear Father.
We have found a poney which is sound and quiet and strong and capable of going a good pace. Its owner asks 20 £ for it, but Morley H. <1> will see if he can get it for less, and he It’s a respectable looking poney, of no particularly colour and Mr Headlam ca thinks that there will be no difficulty in selling it again, even if the [illegible deletion] it again, [illegible deleton] the offer of which. There is no difficulty at all about keeping it in Mr Headlams stables. Morley H rode it some distance yesterday, to try it and thinks it as good as one as I am likely to get, and I rode it a short distance in the afternoon. So if you let me get it, I dont think you need be afraid of my riding it 3 or 4 times only.
We have a fine day here, today with a sharp frost in the morning, but the weather is still cold.
Your affet. Son
Charles Talbot
[envelope:]
H Fox Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Notes:
1. Morley Headlam (b. 1822), magistrate and land agent, older brother of Rev Arthur William Headlam (1826–1909), clergy and Charles's private tutor.