Bagni di Lucca
Saturday June 26th
My dear Papa,
I received your letter yesterday, and forward your letter of Indication as you desired. We were glad to have so good an account of Mama and to hear that you were on the point of starting for Cadenabbia, where I hope Ela found a letter from me, and one from Charles which I forwarded. We have heard a great deal about bad weather, but felt very little of it, as not only have we every day been able to go out but even to draw out of doors, without wasting Monday morning: in the afternoon of that day it rained heavily for three hours, but without thunder, and next day it was quite fine again. The moon is splendid at night, and air cool = and in the day there is always a breeze to temper the heat of the sun. Since Pagnini made his bridge I have gone over regularly every morning at nine o'clock. Mamie follows about eleven, and there we sit under the shade of the chestnut trees and draw till one. Then come in, lunch & rest till four, the dinner hour, and aferwards take a scrambly walk up on of those numberless hill paths from which there are all sort of pretty points of view - There are still a good many wild flowers of the commoner sorts, but I have seen none in seed yet, and the gardens are full of the most magnificent Catalpas and pomegranates, quite large trees. Altogether we find this place, and our life in it, uncommonly pleasant and peaceful, and I don't think there is any fear of our soon getting tired of it.
Mamie sends her love, and with mine to everybody
I am, dear Papa, your affecte daughter
Rosamond Talbot
I wrote to Charles yesterday.
We have one fresh inmate to revive the drooping spirits of poor M. Pagnini, unluckily not one likely to spend much, as she is quite alone, & an artist, they say, come for some sketching = she does not dine with us, so we have not made her acquaintance