I am afraid I shall have bored you with this long account of my horses.
I am going to Windsor to-morrow afternoon, and have got a great deal to do in consequence....
Poor dear Louie[12] _lingers_ on, but, alas! I can only say _lingers_; she does not gain strength.

I cannot say how it grieves me, I am so sincerely attached to the good old soul, who has known me ever since my birth.

But I still entertain a hope that she may get over it.
We shall have a fortnight's respite from our Political Campaign.

I trust we shall do as well as we have done when Parliament meets again.
Believe me always, your devoted Niece, VICTORIA R.
[Footnote 11: Henry, Earl of Uxbridge, afterwards second Marquis of Anglesey (1797-1869).] [Footnote 12: Louisa Louis was born at Erbach in 1771.
The Queen erected a tablet to her memory in St Martin's-in-the-Fields, where she is described as "the faithful and devoted friend of Princess Charlotte of Wales, and from earliest infancy honoured by the affectionate attachment of Her Majesty Queen Victoria." See Reminiscences, _ante_, p.10.

(Ch.