1817] Sarah Wedgwood 105 



Major Langton has now been en pension during the last 

 month, his spirits are so improved that he has grown in 

 favour with the whole party. I think he is attached to 

 Marianne, 1 but I am not sure; it is however at present an 

 attachment that does not sadden him, and I wish it never 

 may. He has many schemes floating in his head of getting 

 into the Church or getting a consulship. If he could realize 

 these schemes, or rather one of them, I think Marianne 

 would not be cruel. His affection to her and her sisters, 

 and excessive tenderness to the invalids, must win its way 

 into her heart. Mr Leonard Horner is also one of our 

 sociable evening men ; he comes in to refresh himself for an 

 hour or two after the nursing of his brother, but always 

 returns by ten, at which hour Francis Horner goes to bed. 

 He has a very good voice and sings very agreeably with 

 the girls, or the Scotch songs by himself. 



The following letter is from Sarah, Josiah Wedgwood's 

 youngest sister. Her nature was a difficult one. She was 

 very sensitive and very rigid, and had strong views on all sub- 

 jects, especially on conduct her own as well as other people's. 



Sarah Wedgivood to Jessie Allen. 



MY DEAR JESSIE, ETRUEIA, Feb. 26 [1817]. 



Reading some old letters of yours the other day 

 gave me an inclination to write to you. On the other hand 

 I had never since I was born had less to say to you; the 

 last four months have passed more entirely without incident 

 of any kind than I could have thought it possible for so 

 long a space of time to do, and the four to come seem likely 

 to be as little variegated. 



I need say nothing to the chief part of the contents of 

 your letter, as you have heard that John [Wedgwood] and 

 Jane have given up the thoughts of going abroad, and are 

 going to place themselves where you had placed them in 



1 Major Algernon Langton took orders and married Marianne 

 Drewe in 1820. She died in 1822 after giving birth to one child, 

 Bennet Langton. 



