“When I last saw you, you mentioned the imprudence of
raising money even at my present age, at 7 per cent. We are now so poor as to
be actually in danger of being every day deprived of the necessaries of life. I
would thank you to remit me a small sum for immediate expenses. Mr. Westbrook has sent a small sum, with an
intimation that we are to expect no more; this suffices for the immediate
discharge of a few debts, and it is nearly with our last guinea that we visit
the Duke of Norfolk at Greystoke;
to-morrow we return to Keswick. I have very few hopes from this visit; that
reception into Abraham’s bosom, (meaning a
reconciliation with his
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