150 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [Nov, 



his mind was broken, and his 

 faculties impaired. Conversa- 

 tions about his children generally 

 restored a certain degree of peace 

 to his mind, and sometimes he 

 proposed plans for their educa- 

 tion and future establishment. 

 On Thursday, the 29th of Octo- 

 ber, about 10 o'clock, while at 

 Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, he 

 was informed by his nephew. 

 Dr. Roget, for whom he always 

 showed the same attachment as 

 for one of his sons, that his lady 

 was no more. I have omitted 

 to say that the two sisters of 

 Lady Romilly came on the 

 Tuesday previous, and he said 

 he could shed no tears when he 

 saw them. He told me his brains 

 were burning hot. He left Cowes 

 with great reluctance the next 

 day (Friday), but he declared 

 that he would be governed en- 

 tirely by Dr. Roget and his 

 friends. I accompanied him, 

 and on Friday we slept at Win- 

 chester. He felt extremely 

 exhausted. Dr. Roget slept in 

 the same room, and Sir Samuel's 

 night was extremely restless. The 

 next morning I observed marks 

 of great agitation, which he tried 

 to subdue ; he was constantly 

 tearing his gloves, or the palm 

 of his hand, scratching his fingers 

 and his nose, and some blood 

 came from his nose. When we 

 arrived at an inn on the road, he 

 was so weak that he could pro- 

 ceed no further. We slept there, 

 and Dr. Roget still slept in the 

 same room with him. I had 

 proposed to him not to come to 

 Russell-square, but to take some 

 other house for the present. He 

 answered, that he was likely to 

 be laid up for some time, and he 



was desirous of getting home, 

 and he proceeded; but I observed 

 more violent signs of agitation 

 still, more tearing of his hands 

 and of his nose. In a moment 

 that he was shutting his eyes 

 and wringing his hands, I took 

 the hand of his daughter and 

 placed it in his hand; upon which, 

 opening his eyes, and having 

 perceived what I had done, he 

 cast upon me an unutterable look 

 of gratitude, and embraced his 

 daughter. When we arrived in 

 Russell-square, he made great 

 efforts to compose himself, and 

 went to his library, and threw 

 himself upon a sofa, quite in a 

 manner that was alarming to me: 

 then for some moments he was 

 joining his hands, as in a state of 

 delirium, but he spoke nothing. 

 A moment after he got up, took 

 my arm, went round the two 

 rooms, and appeared to me to 

 be in the state of a man dying of 

 an internal wound. One or two 

 hours after, he desired to see 

 Dr. Marcet, saying his nephew, 

 Dr. Roget, suffered too much, 

 and that he would give him the 

 comfort of some medical friend's 

 assistance. Hewanted to consult 

 him, particularly about a shower 

 bath, thinking that would relieve 

 the heat of his head ; still he de- 

 clared he had no head-ache. I 

 have nothing more to say upon 

 that subject. After Dr. Marcet 

 (it was Sunday when we arrived 

 in town, about five o'clock) 

 arrived, he would not quit him 

 the whole night, but slept in the 

 room ; I slept in a room above 

 him. About seven in the morning 

 (Monday) Dr. Roget came to 

 me in a state of extreme anxiety, 

 telling me that his uncle was 



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