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heart, and abilities of no common sort indeed, I may 

 add, that fall to few mortals. 



" His attachment is certainly entirely personal to- 

 wards me, and not from my situation. It began at a 

 time when he felt he had little or no chance. I am there- 

 fore most singularly fortunate certainly no princess 

 or prince before me ever having been able, I believe, 

 to form a matrimonial alliance from inclination. 



" I am sure you will have been delighted, as I was, 

 at the manner in which the question, &c., went off in 

 the House ; and as I feel Opposition acted handsomely, 

 and made their allowance too liberal, it will be my 

 anxious wish and study to prove myself worthy, and 

 grateful to my country and its representatives for all 

 they have said and done for me, by setting a moral 

 and well-principled example before them an example 

 they have long stood in need of; the importance of 

 which no one is better aware than yourself. 



" You did quite right introducing your brother and 

 Miss Hayman to the . 



" I shall not delay writing to that excellent creature, 

 whose letter is worth anything to me, from its natural 

 and undisguised feelings of warm and real affectionate 

 interest about me. 



" I trust you have been quite well. Pray remember 

 me to all those of your family to whom I am person- 

 ally known, and assure them of my continued regard. 

 As to yourself, dear Lady Charlotte Lindsay, believe 

 me ever to be yours most sincerely and truly, 



" CHARLOTTE." 



Before I left London I received the following from 

 Lord Lansdowne : 



