“I was going into Yorkshire on Monday morning, but having fortunately been able to take a place for Tuesday, can accept your kind invitation.
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* I slily introduced in something I had to say, a hint ahout a portrait of her husband which I knew she longed to possess; and the hint was taken in the right quarter, and the painting presented to her.—W. J. |
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“Be assured that among all the congratulations which will be offered to you on the delightful occasion of our meeting, there will be none more cordial and warm-hearted than mine. By the time we dine together again, to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of your healthy offspring, I shall study to find appropriate language to clothe them in; till then, however, I fear they must remain locked up in my breast—where they will, at any rate, keep warmer than on the lips of, my dear Jerdan,
