LETTER LXXXIII, 141- 



- Letter 83. 



Suubury, 



March 23, 1759. 

 Dear Gil : 



I am very glad that you see my SoUicitude about the 

 Propriety of holding your Fortune with your Fellowship in the 

 Light that I could have wished : It was owing to my Jealousy 

 of your Honour, not my Suspicion of it : and I was satisfied that 

 You could supply me wth an Answer to those who might ask 

 me about it, tho' I could only give one by Guess before, to ye 

 same Purpose. As You are satisfied of the Legality of holding 

 it, I think you are quite in the right to hold it. 



My present Prospect of the Living of Nutfield is so clouded, 

 that I am persuaded I shall never find my way to it. The 

 Behaviour of Mr Trenley upon the Occasion has been unac- 

 countable to the last Degree. For tho' he has been 3 Times 

 at Sunbury, I have never had any Circumstance of the Affair 

 from him. I have learned from Others that Jesus College have 

 presented their Man ; from Others, that the whole Estate is 

 disputed wth the Lady my Patroness, so that it is a moot Point 

 whether She ever had any Right in it at all : and other Par- 

 ticulars which take off from the Friendliness of his first Recom- 

 mendation ; but I must have further Insight into the Truth 

 of these before I mention them in a Letter. So that your poor 

 Friend is just where he was, bating a few volatile Pounds that 

 have taken their Flight on this Occasion. 



Every fine Day makes Us think of your Alterations, & the 

 Beauties of Selbourne. Mrs Mulso longs to see the Hermitage, 

 the Opus Operatum of Harry, but more to see the Man. We 

 often talk of your Sisters ; and indeed ye News Papers gave Us 

 Occasion to talk of your Sister at Linden, by the Mention of 

 the Death of old Mr Barker, We talk of them wth Pleasure 

 k Gratitude for the Kindness wth which they entertained Us, 

 k the Interest they seem'd to take in the Welfare of my Wife. 

 She desires her affte Compa. to You & them &c, &c : — She has 

 not been quite so well as I could wish since her Miscarriage, 

 being subject to Pains in her Back & Sides. I am not so 

 desperate a Felloio as to desire to have her Show any Marks 

 of my Prowess yet a while : Indeed without farthur Recruit 

 of Constitution, I should be afraid of their ending in Miscarriage, 

 k a farther Hurt of her Constitution ; & I am well pleased to tell 

 You that She is not in that way now. We can be contented 

 wth little Jenny, if it pleases God to spare her to Us ; She is 

 very well at present, but busy about Teeth & fretful! now & then 

 wth Pain. 



We expect a Visit from the Bishop & Family next Month, 

 k from Mr & Mrs Ogle the latter end of this in their Way 

 to Salisbury. 



