I am still here, delighted with everything around
me—let me add (and not in the mere vanity of my heart) not undelighting.
All here is stamped with a character new and impressive to my fancy. The fine
old Welsh mansion, ponderous furniture, and, above all, the inhabitants! The
figure and person of Lady Stanley is
inimitable. Vandyke would have estimated
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I have found a harp and piano here, and Sir John has given me a splendid little edition of Burns for singing one of his songs. They have loaded my dressing-box with perfumes and such simple things as you know I like. All this brings you to my recollection—oh, what does not? In all my joys and sorrows you have a part. The flattery, the kindness addressed to me here! I think it is all to you it is offered, and it is most gratifying. I have been obliged to sing “Deep in love” so often for my handsome host, and every time it is as for you I sing it—people of true taste have but one opinion.
Adieu; write directly to London. I leave this tomorrow.
Aimons toujours comme à l’ordinaire.
PS. I forgot to mention in my last, Parkhurst was
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