‘My dear Sarah,—I came down very snugly and comfortably in my own
carriage and at an expense rather less than the old postage. I found the
Shelburnes, Lady Kerry, Luttrell,
and the Edens, not to forget Lady H.
and a couple not yet announced as such, if they are to be such—Lady Louisa, much the most agreeable, and the
best looking of the Howards, James H. He
has since invited me in the name of his father, Lord
Suffolk, and I think I shall go and pay them a visit for a day
or two. I was unwilling to write till I saw Moore, who came yesterday and is just gone. He says Mrs. M. is much better, and was very sorry not
to see you. He says he did not understand you, when I assured him that you
offered to come in. But he is very strange—for when I offered to return
with him to-day and to see her, he said, “Don’t come
to-day—and don’t walk with me. I compose as I walk.”
This place is really very splendid from the autumnal tints. The house is very
much as you saw it. Next week the Bunburys come and I shall certainly stay till they come on
Wednesday, and perhaps not return till
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