Item 42 - Letter from Caroline Trevelyan to Elizabeth Trevelyan

Wallington, Cambo, Northumberland. - She and Sir George very sorry not to have Elizabeth and Robert next week, but understand that the journey is too long for a short stay. Most important that they get the house [at Leith Hill] 'well started'; Sir George also thinks it is wise not to travel in the cold weather if she has a cold. Hopes they will stay for [Charles and Mary's] wedding; they must stop if they are not leaving until January, and she wants to see them before they go. She and Sir George plan to travel to London on 29 December, but they are going on a visit from 1 - 4 January. Cannot ask them to stay at Gr[osvenor] Cr[escent] for the wedding, as Aunt Annie is coming, but they could take all their meals there. They are having a lunch party on the 6th before the wedding and would take them to the church and so on. Encourages them to come to town and leave for their travels the day after the wedding. The elections are 'very interesting' but she does not feel hopeful. A postscript saying that Aunt Margaret invites them all to dine with her on 5 January. Sir George sent a brace of pheasants yesterday, after a little shoot with Willoughby.