SD657. Mary Trepsack to Henrietta Moulton-Barrett
Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 2, 358 (in part).
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[Postmark: 5 June 1828]
My dear Addles
—I am afraid my little Beau writes in his usual careless way, otherwise you wd not have named anything about the house in your Letter to your father– We are afraid of making him uncomfortable by supposing he detains us in Town, & as his business promises to be tedious[,] we avoid all allusions to our departure– When you have occasion to give us any Information on the Subject, send a separate Letter addressed to me, at the same time not to neglect your usual Bulletin to your father,—who is always uneasy If he don’t [sic] receive accounts every other day–
Now in the first for your Letter of this Mng we feel most gratified at the improvement of your dear Mother, slow as the amendment seems to be, yet we cannot be too grateful for that which give us every hope of a permanent restoration– What a pleasure it wd give us cou[l]d we hear that she was able to reach London very shortly—we wd immediat[e]ly busy ourselves in settling about a house where she cou[l]d have good air– Medical Men not wanting of all descriptions—can’t you contrive that it shall be so my dear Addles, The Malvern house wd be of no consequence–
I must now my dear Child thank you for your trouble & kind anxiety about it—& grieve that you shd have had so much—when we wrote for its being taken on Monday, we had every Idea that your father wd have set off in a few days, for I have not the least Idea of his detaining Sam If he did not himself expect to leave Town before the school began– It has been a severe disappointment to the dear Boy, but he is very good, & bears it with more fortitude than we cou[l]d have expected– I ask[e]d your father this Mg if he was to go the Charter house today, the answer was, I don’t care, but I think he may as well stay till friday, on hearing this I proposed his remaining till Monday, to give time for his portmanteau travelling up again—this again must be your task, to write to the people of the house requesting they wd lose no time in forwarding it to us– mind you give our address as it contains many of our things—only think the state we are all in– Sam has one Shirt on, the other in the Laundress’s hands, we are situated in the same way—on your fathers arrival we had not even a spare Towel in the house—everything sent to the Warehouse, & we were to be at Malvern on this Thursday– We are now not at all more settled, no appearance of business being concluded, therefore I cannot say the likely time of departure—but [you] shall be inform[e]d at the earliest–
When hope was at an end in regard to Sam Granny thought it likely we might remain a fortnight longer therefore made him write to say If any person wanted a house for that short period it wd be as well for them to have it—but my dear Addles do not distress yourself about it, if it cannot be let for that time, It must still be considered Grannys—for the owner must by no means be a loser—& pray do not allow her to suppose herself so unpleasantly situated– She will (whether we occupy her house or not) receive the sum for the time agreed for– If we do not make our appearance in that part of the world in the month, I hope it will turn out in a visit from all of you to us, I shall prefer the latter, being almost certain of having commissions to execute for our Western friends– If so I must be early on the spot to perform my task properly– We are looking every day for account by packet, which I hope will be more satisfactory than the last–
I am interrupted & can write no more[.] you will hear from Sam soon[.] best lo<ve> to dear Mama Bummy & all <the> precious tribe– The Bell rings at the Gate–
Address, on integral page: Miss H Barrett / Hope End / Ledbury / Herefordshire.
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Armstrong Browning Library, Altham Archive.
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