Dear Ld B - they are gone this Morning to Roehampton and return Satur day. If you like to call upon me to morrow, you will find me at home & I am the more anxious not to miss this opportunity of seeing you...
... as I hear nothing of their intention of returning even into Hertford - Indeed if she continues to behave quietly, I think he will prefer remaining here - & I wish she may for her Sake, & for Yours...
Yrs ever
EM
I am busy reading Dr. Gall's book, & find Miss Burney, was quite wrong, it was she who told me ye Nonsense I was talking to you ye other Night, so you may come
I see what I have written is so easily read yt I must put this in another cover...
March 1813
Sources Used:
Byron's "Corbeau Blanc" The Life and Letters of Lady Melbourne Ed: Jonathan David Gross (Liverpool University Press 1997)
The Place of Interest:
Melbourne House in Whitehall is the former home of Lady Melbourne and Lady Caroline Lamb and is now the Scottish Office. Photographed by the Polite Tourist in October 2011.