190 REMINISCENCES OF 



Selby Lowndes succeeded me at Atherstone ; 

 Whitehall went with the horses to Stratton Audley. 

 I took over the house from Tom Drake, and bought 

 a lot of his furniture. 



Cross came with the hounds. I engaged Tom 

 Powell, Mr. Drake's first whip, and put young Cross 

 on as second. I wrote to Cross to have everything 

 ready, but not to go out till I came. 



My son Charlie was born in Edinburgh on 6th 

 May and named after his two grand-uncles, Admiral 

 Sir Charles Adam and General Sir Frederick Adam. 



"CuRZON HOUSE, Tuesday, May, 1855. 



" This is indeed joyful news, my dear Thomson, 

 and I do most heartily congratulate you and Mrs. T. 

 on her safety and speedy safe termination of her 

 troubles. May 1 live to see No. 2 on pony-back 

 after the hounds. 



" So you are embarked in Oxfordshire ! All 

 happiness attend you wherever you go. We shall 

 sadly miss you indeed, and be long ere we see your 

 like again. You will rejoice to hear the foxes, cubs, 

 swarm at old Gopsall. 



" Ever most truly yours, 



" HOWE. 



" The two young ladies beg their love to you 

 both. . . . Curzon House, where there is luncheon 

 at two, if you wander up to town." 



I went to Stratton Audley on the 8th September, 

 and found that Cross had been out the day before. 



