Telegram from the Duke of Buccleuch to Lady Margaret

Drumlanrig, 25 December 1865

NOTIFICATION OF URGENT CHANGE OF PLAN. PREPARE TO DEPART FOR LONDON ON THE FIRST AVAILABLE TRAIN. MAID TO ESCORT YOU. MONTAGU HOUSE WILL BE OPENED TO RECEIVE. ON NO ACCOUNT MAKE YOUR RETURN TO THE CAPITAL KNOWN TO ANYONE UNTIL HER GRACE AND I ARE ABLE TO JOIN YOU. ALL WILL BE EXPLAINED AT THAT JUNCTURE.

BUCCLEUCH