To Mary Berry (1795) [ Practices ]
… to correspond! They would have occasion, to use an expression of Lord Bacon's, to speak without fig-leaves. Some say the charming will succeed Tommy Tyrrwhit. I wish with all my heart he may. He will not offend by leaving his old friend … impression a husband who, living and dying, seemed to have thought only of her! The success of the water on you both charms me, and tho' I am very unked without you, I enjoin you not to think of coming away. Another command I have to give …
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