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own dear self. He had landed at Falmouth on Sunday 

 evening, and travelled night and day till he came to 

 Shrewsbury late last night. We heard nothing of him till 

 this morning, when he walked in just before breakfast. 

 We have had the very happiest morning Charles so full 

 of affection and delight at seeing my father looking so 

 well and being with us all again. 



He is looking very thin but well he was so much pleased 

 by finding your and Charlotte's kind notes ready to re- 

 ceive him. I shall indeed enjoy, my dear Eliz., going to 

 Maer with him. How happy he will be to see you all again. 

 When I began this letter I did not know he would feel 

 tranquil enough to write himself, but he said he must be 

 the first to tell uncle Jos of his arrival. He feels so very 

 grateful to uncle Jos and you all, and has been asking about 

 every one of you. 



Now we have him really again at home I intend to 

 begin to be glad he went this expedition, and now I can 

 allow he has gained happiness and interest for the rest of 

 his life. Good-bye, dear Eliz. It is pleasant to write to 

 those who sympathise so entirely with us. 



Emma Wedgwood to her sister-in-law Mrs Hensleigh 



Wedgwood. 



MAEK, Monday [Oct. 1836J. 



. . . We are getting impatient for Charles's arrival. 

 We all ought to get up a little knowledge for him. I 

 have taken to no deeper study than Capt. Head's gallop 1 

 which I have never read before. I am afraid it won't 

 instruct me much. Charles seems to have been much 

 struck with the sight of Hensleigh walking up the street 

 with a bandbox in one hand and a child in the other. He 

 seems to have nearly settled in favour of living at Cam- 

 bridge, which is a pity for Erasmus's sake; but I should 

 feel sure that Charles would like Cambridge best, as he has 

 a particular spite to London I believe. . . . 



1 Sir Francis Head's Rapid Journeys across the Pampas, published 

 in 1828. 



