176 THE PRINCESS OF WALES [1813. 



pected success in Russia, I foresee, will be lost; and I 

 wish we may not pay dearly this year for the unhoped- 

 for fortunes of the last. Ever yours, GREY." 



TO LADY CHARLOTTE LINDSAY. 



"TEMPLE, June 29, 1813. 



" DEAR LADY CHARLOTTE, I shall obey her Royal 

 Highnesses commands on Saturday. Pray learn, if 

 you can, whether Lord Archy goes, or Ward ; as my 

 carriage is being painted, and I have a horror of four 

 miles in a hackney-coach. 



" Talking of horrors reminds me of the lioness, von 

 Stael. I think I shall be obliged to say that, being 

 a person who fears God and honours the king, I am 

 afraid to come near her. To say the truth, if any- 

 thing could keep me more out of society than I am at 

 this season, it would be her prowling about. I was 

 asked t'other day to go where she was, and had 

 thoughts of returning the same answer with the man 

 in ^Esop's Fables, that 'he could not come, there 

 being a lion in the way/ Ever yours truly, 



" H. B. 



"Lady Perceval's application failed to-day, as I 

 told you it would." 



TO EARL GREY. 



"YORK, August 2, 1813. 



" MY DEAR LORD GREY, As for the Duke of Bed- 

 ford, it would take a monstrous deal of proof to make 

 me believe anything against him ; and what you say 

 I daresay is correct, that in the end his popularity 

 won't be much affected by the business. 



