Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. VI-VII. Letters
Charles Lamb to Grace Williams, [26 February 1830]
DEAR Madam,—May God bless you for your attention to
our poor Emma! I am so shaken with your
sad news I can scarce write. She is too ill to be removed at present; but we
can only say that if she is spared, when that can be practicable, we have
always a home for her. Speak to her of it, when she is ![]()
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capable of understanding, and let me
conjure you to let us know from day to day, the state she is in. But one line
is all we crave. Nothing we can do for her, that shall not be done. We shall be
in the terriblest suspense. We had no notion she was going to be ill. A line
from anybody in your house will much oblige us. I feel for the situation this
trouble places you in.
Can I go to her aunt,
or do anything? I do not know what to offer. We are in great distress. Pray
relieve us, if you can, by somehow letting us know. I will fetch her here, or
anything. Your kindness can never be forgot. Pray excuse my abruptness. I
hardly know what I write. And take our warmest thanks. Hoping to hear
something, I remain, dear Madam,
Yours most faithfully,
C. Lamb.
Our grateful respects to Mr.
Williams.
Miss Humphreys (1830 fl.)
The sister of the Mary Humphreys who married Charles Isola; the aunt of Emma (Isola)
Moxon, she lived in Cambridge with Elizabeth Paris, the sister of William Ayrton.
Emma Lamb Moxon [née Isola] (1809-1891)
The orphaned daughter of Charles Isola adopted by Charles and Mary Lamb; after working as
a governess she married Edward Moxon in 1833.
James Haddy Wilson Williams (1777 c.-1842)
The son of William Williams; educated at Clare College, Cambridge, he was rector of
Westley with Fornham All Saints, Suffolk (1815-42).
