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in which she replied to everything else. So do I, you may 

 be sure. 



The Fables arrived safe, and W. must thank you for them 

 himself, as well as for your care of him in Hanover. 



I had the honour to meet at dinner, at Sir Gore Ouseley's, 

 the other day, H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge. He was 

 very particular in his enquiries after you. He is quite well, 

 and his affable and agreeable manners make him generally 

 beloved. 



Your letter of October 10th relieved us of much uneasi- 

 ness, after the alarming account with which the former one 

 was filled. When you once more begin to write about die 

 Gelehrten, &c., I know all is well. So God bless you, and 

 believe me, 



Dear aunt, your affectionate nephew, 



J. F. W. HERSCHEL. 





 MISS HERSCHEL TO LADY HERSCHEL. 



Jan. 10, 1840. 

 MY DEAREST NIECE, 



***** 



Perhaps you may have heard that in the early part 

 of its [the forty-foot telescope's] existence, " God save the 

 King " was sung in it by the whole company, who got up 

 from dinner and went into the tube, among the rest two 

 Misses Stows, the one a famous pianoforte player, some of 

 the Griesbachs, who accompanied on the oboe, or any 

 instrument they could get hold of, and I, you will easily 

 imagine, was one of the nimblest and foremost to get 

 in and out of the tube. But now ! lack-a-day ! I can 

 hardly cross the room without help. But what of that? 

 Dorcas, in the Beggar's Opera, says, " One cannot eat one's 

 cake and have it too !".... 



