“I hope you will have considered the prompt
communication (through Mr. Backhouse) of
my willingness to accept the invitation of the Committee of the Literary Fund,
as a proof of my disposition to do anything agreeable to you. But, I am sorry
to say, my acceptance has involved me in great difficulties. It has not
‘rained, but poured’
| 44 | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. |
“Have you signified my acceptance—and, if not, can you delay doing so?
“I trust I need not tell you that I felt sensibly for your misfortune in India.” [The reported death of a near relative.]
