Chavenage Hall
9th December 1815
Dear Simon,
Thank you dear cousin for Lord Byron’s Melodies, which have
brought warmth in these days of bleak winter rain. The inscription from the
author was most touching, and your kindness in sending it, something I shall
not forget.
I hope you are seated reading this, because I have news. It is confirmed
that I am to come to London! I shall make the journey with mother, in the
carriage of the Baroness Palterpoint, and that we shall drive down this coming
week, breaking the journey at the home of my maternal aunt, in Aylesbury.
We shall reside with my uncle, Sir Henry Montagu, at his home in
Bloomsbury Square. I shall leave you now, for there is much packing to
be done. I cannot express my excitement to be in the capital after an eternity
in the wilderness.
With affection,
Beattie