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to Selwyn, following one ^ concerning ' scruples ' and 

 the Tondino, etc. In this last, March regrets that 

 Selwyn is still, as well as himself, 'throwing out,'^ 

 which he expresses, 'If luck does not come soon, 

 it will find us at five-pound stakes, and it must be a 



d d long run to bring us home at that.'^ This 



is from Newmarket, Avhere both the gee-gees, the 

 pasteboards, and the dice-box were harrowing his 

 lordship's soul. 



The next letter,^ undated as to the month, but 

 closely following the last, shows the bond of friend- 

 ship that existed between March and Selwyn. It 

 also goes far to show that his lordship was not so 

 sordid as many have stated, and could prove his 

 friendship by acts, not by platitudes of S3rmpathy, 

 when hard cash was wanted. This letter also proves 

 that March's coffers had been replenished either by 

 his steward or at the board of green cloth, as, after 

 trying to cheer ' George ' up over the loss of a 

 thousand pounds — a thing he had done twenty 

 times before, and might again — he manfully offers his 

 assistance, saying, ' I have three thousand pounds 

 now at Coutts' ; there will be no bankruptcy with- 

 out we both are ruined at the same time.' Selwyn's 

 loss seems to have been sustained at Paris, as his 



^ Appendix H. - At hazard. ^ Appendix I. * Appendix J. 



