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if Derby is oppressive to you from Heat – will not London be much more so? & would it not be better for you to seek the sweet Romantic Shades of Matlock for Coolness & Quiet, instead of embarking in a long & expensive expedition, that cannot, I think, produce to you any thing but Fatigue & Vexation —

God bless you — your unexpected project of rambling so far from the North has filled me with very painful Anxiety about you — Give me soon the Comfort of hearing that you are tranquill [sic] & contented among the many valuable Friends you have in the North

A few days in this very distracting Place has made my Head so giddy, that I am most impatient to get out of it—– & believe me so would you be, were you in it —

Farewell & believe me
Ever

yr affectionate
H

Zelma is laid aside till next Winter so I have not been even tempted to see it

The dear Boy is well & shall write to you as soon as I hear you have relinquished your Southern Excursion