Item 199 - Letter from Sir George Trevelyan to R. C. Trevelyan

Wallington, Cambo, Morpeth. - Read Robert's letter about Agra and Futtehpore Sikra [Fatehpur Sikri] to himself and aloud to Caroline; a fine account of a 'wonderful country', which must be a 'most rare time' for Robert and his companions; feels envious. Remembers his own sight of Agra, and Delhi under perfect conditions 'fresh from the siege' and living for a week with 'an extraordinarily clever and prominent hero of the mutiny'. During his father's time there, a young civil servant shot himself in one of the pavilions of the Taj Mahal, leaving a note saying he had 'chosen to die in the loveliest spot on earth'. When thinking of the fort at Agra, always remembers George pointing out that if Sir Charles had remained in India, he would have been Governor of the North West Provinces during the Mutiny while [John] Lawrence was in the Punjab: 'A grand job he would have made of it!'. Likes Robert's photograph of the tomb and painted marble. They are all happy, and Julian is very well. Asks Robert to tell [Goldsworthy] Lowes Dickinson that they hope he will visit them.