“I rejoice to find that I am to have your company during the ensuing week. I wish I could ask you to join me here and be my compagnon de voyage on Monday, but I am sorry to say that I shall not have a seat to offer you in the carriage. The judges are to make their appearance at Chelmsford on Monday, at two o’clock, and, consequently, I must leave home early on that day, to be in readiness to receive them. We shall dine at six, long before which time I hope to see you at my old quarters.
