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The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 19 March 1828
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Introduction
Vol. I. Contents
Ch. I: 1793-1804
Ch. II: 1805
Ch. III: 1805
Ch. IV: 1806-08
Ch. V: 1809
Ch. VI: 1810
Ch. VII: 1811
Ch. VIII: 1812
Ch. IX: 1813-14
Ch X: 1814-15
Ch XI: 1815-16
Ch XII: 1817-18
Ch XIII: 1819-20
Vol. II. Contents
Ch I: 1821
Ch. II: 1822
Ch. III: 1823-24
Ch. IV: 1825-26
Ch. V: 1827
Ch. VI: 1827-28
Ch. VII: 1828
Ch. VIII: 1829
Ch. IX: 1830-31
Ch. X: 1832-33
Ch. XI: 1833
Ch. XII: 1834
Ch XIII: 1835-36
Ch XIV: 1837-38
Index
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“. . . Sefton was very good fun about a morning call on Lady Holland. . . . Amongst other things she

invitation to dine with her in “her nut-shell,” a house in London where she was living during a temporary absence from Holland House.

* Buckingham Palace.

156 THE CREEVEY PAPERS [Ch. VI.
talked about ages, and observed that Lord Sefton and Lord Holland were of the same age—about 56. ‘For myself,’ said she, ‘I believe I am near the same;’ and then the page being called, she said: ‘Go and ask Mr. Allen how old I am.’ As the house is so small and the rooms so near, they heard Allen holloa out in no very melodious tones—‘She is 57.’ But Lady Holland was not content with this, and said it was too old for her, and made the page go back again; and again they heard Allen roar in a much louder voice: ‘I tell you she’s 57.’ . . .”