‘My dear Rogers,—Kindness to children is a leading feature in you, kindness to me I never forget, and never shall I forget an unhappy night when you meditated so long with me on a subject which soon terminated so fatally.
‘To-day I leave town, and have just sent excuses to the Lord Chamberlain’s about Thursday night at Carlton House.
‘My good old friend Mrs. Bird,
who bred their mother up, is a sort of grandmother to my boys. She is in such
an antiquated fidget about the fireworks, as to their safety in getting only to
your house on the night they are to be played off, that I must ask your leave
to let them come at any early hour in the evening. She is
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‘Yours, my dear Rogers, most obliged and most affectionately,
