Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to Richard Hengist Horne, 1845 September 29.

Discussing her health and a probable departure from London; saying "...as my foot is in the air . . balanced on the probability of a departure from England, . . for some land of the sun yet in the clouds . . Italy perhaps, Madeira possibly . . there to finish my recovery, or rather to prevent my yearly rechûte in the wintry cold - so let me hear from you quickly...I am likely to go very soon if at all - the uncertainty is dominant - & I have been long & continue still in great vexation & perplexity from this doubtfulness from painful causes. If I go to Italy it will be by sea - & high authorities among the doctors promise me an absolute restoration as a consequence of it - & I myself have great courage & hope when I do not look b̲e̲y̲o̲n̲d̲ m̲y̲s̲e̲l̲f̲ - I have been drinking life at the sun all this summer - (& t̲h̲a̲t̲ is why the fountains of it have seemed so dry to you & the rest of the world!) but, though in improved health & courage, I am sometimes a very Jaques for melancholy, & go moralizing into a thousand similes half the uses of the day;" asking him to let her know when his book of ballads comes out; adding that she & Miss Mitford are disappointed not to have heard from him."