“My last letter was written under great depression of spirits from poor Falkland’s death, who has left without a shilling four children and his wife. I have been endeavouring to assist them, which, God knows. I cannot do as I could wish, from my own embarrassments and the many claims upon me from other quarters.
“What you say is all very true: come what may, Newstead and I stand or fall together. I
have now lived on the spot, I have fixed my heart upon it, and no pressure, present or
future, shall induce me to barter the last vestige of our inheritance. I have that pride
within me
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“I shall get my seat on the return of the affidavits from Carhais, in Cornwall, and will do something in the House soon: I must dash, or it is all over. My Satire must be kept secret for a month; after that you may say what you please on the subject. Lord C. has used me infamously, and refused to state any particulars of my family to the Chancellor. I have lashed him in my rhymes, and perhaps his lordship may regret not being more conciliatory. They tell me it will have a sale; I hope so, for the bookseller has behaved well, as far as publishing well goes.
“P.S. You shall have a mortgage on one of the farms.”
