LETTER XLI 



75 



could be crammed into that Compass of Time. He has another 

 Present for ye Picture Gallery, it is his Mother, & done wth a 

 good deal of Softness : She has no other Recommendation to 

 public Notice, but having been a Sufferer for her Religion in 

 France. 



I have read Mr. Richardson's new Work* as far as it has 

 been published. He presented it to Miss Young, My Sister, 

 Pressy and the Miss Thomases. My Aunt is summoned to 

 appear at ye Princesses Court. Prince Edward and my Uncle 

 go halves in a Lottery Ticket. 



Pray give my Compliments to your Hosts. Tell Gibson that 

 I am sore with the Strokes of the Trowell & hope He has not 

 occasion to feel so sensibly as I do. I cannot even bear to be 

 touched with a Brush any more. I wish I knew what would be 

 agreable to You in Hampshire that I could send You from 

 Town : sure You would be free enough to tell me ; & how to 

 direct any Thing to You. I do not know what You have not 

 that we have. Freely let me know it, & I should think myself 

 the more obliged. I am quite vexed at Dr Bentham's waiting 

 so long for his Preferment, after I had heard that He was in 

 Possession. I met Mr Noel, the Fellow of my Time, He shone 

 this summer at ye Chapell at Kew, & Lady Irwyn strongly 

 recommended Him to my Uncle. I asked after our Comtroll 

 Koel, he told me he had a Living near his Estate, & was married, 

 but I fancy he has been wild, for he said he hoped now he would 

 be settled. 



I have wrote a hundred Things at Random. Indeed my 

 Head will not bear an Emblem, or any continued Ingenuity. It 

 suffers by the length of this ; I hope You will not say, So do I 

 too. God bless You, my valued Friend. 



I am Sincerely & Afftely Your's, 



J. Mulso. 



My Respects to all your Family. 



Letter 41. 



Sunbury, 



Deer 24, 1753. 

 Dear Gil: 



You find inclosed with this the Song which You desired 

 nie to procure for You ; You may look upon this as a Favour 

 from my Brother Ned if You please, but I claim no merit in it. 

 He got it out of Young Cook's Hands (who adapted the third 

 Part) & wrote it out Himself. Methinks I see your good Father 



* "Sir Charles Grandison." 



