Lady Morgan’s Memoirs
Sydney Owenson to Lady Margaret Stanley, 20 April 1810
12, York Place, Portman Square, London,
April 20th, 1810.
Your letter made me roar. I was in Berkshire when it
arrived, and only got it three days back, but ![]()
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as my
franker is not in town, I must defer placing the Missionary in your
hands until the same moment I kiss them, which will be this day week. I leave
this the 30th (the evening of Tuesday next), so that is
pretty plain. My trunk goes directed for your ladyship’s to-morrow. To-night I expect your enchanting son to sup with me; were it not a sin to love him, what a passion I could feel for him! I have asked
Lady Hamilton to meet him—the famous. I will explain the mistake of the book when
we meet—till that, joyeux
revoir, and ever
Your devoted
Will you not send for me to Holyhead?
