DEAR Madam, Carriages to Cambridge are in such
request, owing to the Installation, that we have found it impossible to procure
a conveyance for Emma before Wednesday,
on which
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LETTERS OF C. AND M. LAMB
March
day between the hours of 3 and 4 in
the afternoon you will see your little friend, with her bloom somewhat impaired
by late hours and dissipation, but her gait, gesture, and general manners (I
flatter myself) considerably improved by —— somebody that
shall be nameless. My sister joins me in love to all true
Trumpingtonians, not specifying any, to avoid envy; and begs me to assure you
that Emma has been a very good girl, which, with certain
limitations, I must myself subscribe to. I wish I could cure her of making
dog’s ears in books, and pinching them on poor Pompey, who, for one, I dare say, will heartily rejoyce at her
departure.
Dear Madam,
Yours truly
foolish C.
L.
Emma Lamb Moxon [née Isola] (1809-1891)
The orphaned daughter of Charles Isola adopted by Charles and Mary Lamb; after working as
a governess she married Edward Moxon in 1833.
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Authors:
Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb
Title:The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905).
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