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To the Marchioness of Salisbury
Elderfield, Otterbourne, Winchester.
Novr 9th 1881

MS The Marquess of Salisbury, Hatfield House 3MCH/5/3/1

My dear Lady Salisbury,

It is very kind in you to ask me, but I have again to say that it is a time when I am engaged. I hope have [sic] Fanny Patteson with me that week, for a little while in her wanderings. I am afraid the life that those two sisters lead has become very sad.1

with many thanks and regrets
yours sincerely
C M Yonge

1Fanny Patteson and her half-sister Joan were the surviving sisters of the martyred Bishop Patteson. Whether CMY is merely deploring the habit of constant travel, as aimless and precluding usefulness, or whether there was some other cause for regret in the Pattesons' lifestyle, is not clear.
Cite this letter


The Letters of Charlotte Mary Yonge(1823-1901) edited by Charlotte Mitchell, Ellen Jordan and Helen Schinske.

URL to this Letter is: https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/yonge/2737/to-the-marchioness-of-salisbury-3

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