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head. Nevertheless he would consider that promise 

 as a sacred thing." As a curious mixture of dignity 

 and respect for the young head of the family, the old 

 lady always signed herself to her grandson, " Your 

 affectionate grandmother and very humble servant, 

 E. Caryll." To crown the young squire's woes, the 

 Land Tax for that year was 45. in the pound.* 



The Rev. Henry Magill, still hoping against hope 

 for the benefice, continued to write pleasant letters to 

 Lady Holt. "London, Dec. II, 1739. I am doomed 

 to live in a Town w h - is Reckoned the centre of Pleasure, 

 But I must own I could think myself much happier 

 situated in your neighbourhood at least att this time. 

 For I think y e Town is empty, and has but a dull and 

 Melancholy aspect. There now and then comes out a 

 Stupid Play or Farce. And y e only agreeable enter- 

 tainment y 1 - I hear of is Lord Middlesex Concert in y e 

 Hay market, for w h - he will be above two thousand 

 Pound out of pocket. And Ifendail's (Handel's) operas 

 are sometimes performed att Lincoln's Inn Fields. . . . 

 The day of humiliation, Qth of January next, is like to 

 be looked on as a Lord Mayor's shew. Sir Robert 

 (Walpole) has been well roasted this Sessions, but not- 

 withstanding some of y r - second sighted people see a 

 concern and gloominess Through the vizard, I think 

 he laughs on and graws fat and kicks y e world before 

 him." 



It had been Lady Mary's earnest wish that she 

 might live to see her son's offspring. This, however, 

 was denied her. She grew worse at the Salterns, and, 

 on her removal to London, died there April 14, 1740. 

 Her funeral took place at Harting Church, and she was 

 interred in the Caryll chapel. Her life had been a 

 sorrowful one since her sudden widowhood in 1718, 

 and her second marriage seems to have been unhappy ; 

 but as the mother of a young and only son, she showed 



* C. C. Add 1 - 28,230, p. 420. 



