Pièce 5 - Letter from Caroline Trevelyan to Elizabeth Trevelyan

Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Elizabeth's letter with the 'account of the storm & disaster at the Cembroni [Villa Cimbrone] is most curious'; feels very sorry for 'the poor people who are so much ill used'. Has signed the form to nominate Elizabeth for membership of the [Grosvenor Crescent] club and sent it to Lady Jebb as a seconder as Mrs Runciman is 'a very precise little person' and might not feel able to say that she knew Elizabeth personally. She and Sir George are going to London tomorrow, but regret it as the weather is so beautiful. They are reading 'Mr. Gardner's book' about his grandfather, the Leipzig publisher, but it is much too long, and she finds it hard to be very interested in Wieland and Herder. Hopes that Elizabeth and Robert's 'Sicilian Expedition' will be nice; tells her to go to the Maria di Gesù in Palermo, for the beautiful view; a shame not to get to Girgenti [Agrigento] but it is a long way.