1816-1816] Kitty Mackintosh at Maer 93 



jar with each other has occurred, and I trust their tempers 

 will be as excellent as some of their predecessors'. 



How grateful to me, my dearest Fanny, was the proof of 

 your confidence you gave me in your last. I should hardly 

 think anybody good enough for you, but from your and 

 Jessie's and Emma's opinion I think higher of William 

 Clifford than almost anybody else, and should rejoice, if he 

 were the man, to hear of his crossing the Alps. Poor Sis- 

 mondi ! though if he finds any married lady as you seem to 

 think he will do, I cannot think why you cannot then go 

 with him, as then the only objection will be obviated, 

 honour M. Constant for being so staunch in his opinion. A 

 friend who will give advice that he knows is unpalatable is, 

 on some occasions, invaluable. I perceive by Emma's letter 

 that you never give any parties, which is very well, but on 

 going away would it not be a pretty thing to give one just 

 as an acknowledgement to your friends ? . . . 



Mrs Josiah Wedgwood to her sister Emma Allen. 



ETBURIA, Feb. 24th [1816]. 



. . . Kitty [Mackintosh] and her two girls came here on 

 Monday se'nnight and very comfortable we have been to- 

 gether ever since. I hope and believe they will stay as long 

 as Mackintosh stays in town, and that I suppose will be for 

 the session. He writes very often to Kitty and his letters 

 are journalwise, so that we know every day what he is doing. 

 He went first of all into lodgings, but Lord Holland has 

 asked him to his house and he is now there. I suppose you 

 know that Lord Holland is in Bobus's 1 house in Savile Row. 

 M. says that it is impossible to know how amiable Lord H. 

 is without being in the house with him. M. seems to com- 

 plain a good deal of nervousness. He seems to keep his 

 own hours, and eats his chicken alone whenever he is not 

 well enough to join the party. He goes to bed at 12 and 

 always finds a supper laid for him at an early hour, though 



1 "Bobus" (Robert) Smith, Sydney's elder brother: his child-name 

 stuck to him at Eton and through life. 



