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"I have not said anything to Lord Holland, nor 

 heard from him on the subject of Trotter. I was afraid 

 of Lady Holland intermeddling and doing mischief." 



TO EAEL GREY. 



"BROUGHAM, October 14, 1811. 



"MY DEAR LORD GREY, Having written fully 

 yesterday, I have only to acknowledge the receipt of 

 yours to-day, and to thank you heartily for the kind 

 interest you take in the concern in question. If / 

 could point out any way in which you (or indeed 

 anybody) were likely to remedy the evil, I should do 

 so without scruple, but the case if not hopeless is 

 pretty nearly so, to all present appearances. 



" This day's newspapers contain an account of 

 Camelford having been sold, and that the purchaser 

 is a Mr Carpenter of Mount Tavy. I suppose it was 

 necessary to conceal matters ; if not, I certainly have 

 not had very long notice, for it was in common circu- 

 lation before I heard of it. This, of course, I did not 

 know when I told Lord Rosslyn that I was at liberty 

 to mention the reason to him. 



" In one particular you can greatly oblige me, by 

 giving me your free and candid opinion whether it is 

 incumbent on me, in point of delicacy towards the 

 Duke of Bedford (to whom I lie under great obliga- 

 tions), to offer to go out at once, and leave unfettered 

 the bargain, which he does not by his letter appear to 

 have finally concluded. This step would certainly 

 make some difference in it, and I certainly should not 



