Autograph letter signed with initials : [London], to Richard Hengist Horne, 1843 August 31.

Discussing her recent illness and the weather; saying "It was intensely hot, & I went out in the chair, & was over-excited & overtired I supposed; at least the next day I was ill, shivering in the sun, & lapsing into a weakness it is not easy for me to rally from...and now I am well again. And the weather is certainly lovely & bright by fits, & I join you in praising the beauty & glory of it: but then you must admit that the fits . . the spasmodic changes of the temperature from sixty one degrees to eighty one & back again, - are trying to mortal frames, more especially to those conscious of the frailty of the 'native mud' in them. If I had the wings of a dove & could flee away to the 'south of France,' I sh'd be cooing peradventure instead of moaning;" telling him how pleased she is that Miss Mitford read him her poem "House of clouds' and that he liked it; adding that she had corresponded recently with Miss Martineau "...the noblest female Intelligence between the seas . . 'As sweet as spring, as ocean deep.' She is in hopeless anguish of body & serene triumph of spirit - with at once no hope, & all hope! To hear from her was both pleasure & honor to me."