| Description | Disappointment at having missed him a second time: wish in future for him to let her know the day and probable hour of his calling (except when unexpectedly in town): learning of Lord H [Howe] being forced to resign and the government remaining, and wondering she will find how the Queen, who had been particulalrly well: her faithfully continuing the oil silk bandage which creates mositure, although after taking it off in the morning, she feels her forehaed is chilly and puts a warmed handkerchief to wipe off the mositure: having taken preparation made by Sir Henry [Halford], with the result of less susceptibility of flushing: hope of seeing him soon: receipt of note from M [sister Mary] of the Queen behaving beautifully under trail, as she always does.
11 October, no year given, but context makes it 1831, at the time when of Lord Howe was forced to resign his post as the Queen's Chamberlain.
Sheet, with 2 pages of text, handwriting difficult to decipher. |