From your ancient goodness to me, I am sure you will be
glad to receive a bulletin from myself, informing you that I am making a good
progress; in fact, I am in a regular train of promotion: from gruel,
vermicelli, and sago, I was promoted to panada, from thence to minced meat, and
(such is the effect of good conduct) I was elevated to a mutton-chop. My
breathlessness and giddiness are gone—chased away by the gout. If you hear of
sixteen or eighteen pounds of human flesh, they belong to me. I look as if a
curate had been taken out of me. I am delighted to hear such improved accounts
of my fellow-sufferer at Castle
546 | MEMOIR OF THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH. |
Accept, my dear Lady Carlisle, my best wishes for Lord Carlisle and all the family.