330 Caroline Lucretia Her-schel. [1848. 



inquired through somebody after my health, and hearing I 

 was well, and preparing for illumination, was much affected ; 

 and yesterday his adjutant, Major Stolzenberg, brought me 

 a message from the Crown Prince, including H. E. H. the 

 Princess, with a present of their portraits. 



TO SIR J. F. W. HERSCHEL, BART. 



April, 1843. 



MY DEAREST NEPHEW ! 



Many thanks for 3 r our dear letter, which I found on 

 my breakfast-table on the morning of the 16th March,* 

 .... when the Crown Prince and Princess were announced. 

 Mrs. Clarke, who just came in, assisted me to entertain the 

 royal and interesting pair for nearly an hour. They came 

 in arm in arm, carrying an immense bouquet before them, 

 which I heard afterwards they were returning with from the 

 hothouses at Herrnhausen. As soon as the Princess was 

 placed on the sofa, and I beside the same, the Crown Prince 

 drew a chair close to me, chatting and joining in our con- 

 versation. I could not help giving the Princess the lines of 

 your letter to read, where you mention them so prettily, and 

 presenting her with " The Walk," which was lying among 

 the flowers and the open letters before us on the table. It 

 was a little rumpled in the coming, which she said made it 

 the more welcome, as it would remind her of its having once 

 been mine. 



I intended to amuse you with the list of the names and 

 titles of all the visitors I had to receive on that day, but you 

 will find them one of these days in my Day-book ; and I will 

 only say that it was rather too much to expect me to be 



* Her 93rd birthday. 



