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miniature he had given me, of which the following 

 is a copy. 



« '0171116, June 23rd, 1815. 



"'Deaeest Georgy, 



" ' I am much obliged to you for the embroidery (a sash 

 1 had embroidered for him). If you give yom- picture the painter 

 will change it ; therefore you should sit with it while he copies 

 it. We are getting on delightfully. Yom- brother's quite well. 



" ' Ever yours most sincerely, 



" ' Wellington.' " 



Lady de Ros's published recollections of the hero 

 cover many years, and are full of interest. Among 

 others, attention may here be drawn to the following 

 incident. Her Ladyship writes : " In the winter of 

 1815 we all went to Paris, where I had typhus fever ; 

 and the Duke of Wellington was most kind, sending 

 me my dinner daily, and when I was convalescent, 

 coming to see me and lending me one of his carriages 

 to drive in. He gave a ball at the Elysee Bourbon, 

 and insisted on my coming to it, though I did not 

 care about doing so, as I felt very weak. However, 

 as he sent me a pretty shawl — which I have in my 

 possession still — I felt bound to go in it, but did not 

 much enjoy sitting in an armchair instead of dancing." 



Her Ladyship states that thirty-eight years later 

 she was again in that ballroom, and Lord Raglan 

 reminded her of their last meeting in that room, 

 when the late Duke of Wellington was among them, 

 and now the English and French troops were an 

 allied army. 



