“I sent you a few lines the day before I left town, to express to you the pleasure I should feel if you would consent to be one of my confreres, to whom is confided the task of managing the concerns of the Garrick club. My servant (who is an Italian) does not seem very certain that he left the note at the right house. So I send this, lest by any mistake of mine the committee should be deprived of the benefit of your assistance during my absence from town.
