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attack of brick -and -mortar mania — a disease still 

 common, though contracted mostly by parvenus or 

 successful traders — blaming him for spending money 

 on a place he so rarely visits as his seat in Gloucester- 

 shire. It was no doubt his official capacity that 

 permitted his lordship to convey to his correspondent 

 early information of the discontented news from 

 America, which after developed into the historic 

 Boston riots, and later into the American War of 

 Independence. 



The next communication^ was evidently quite to 

 Selwyn's taste, if not in all, at least in one particular. 

 After promising to write to Madame Fagniani at 

 Selwyn's dictation, his lordship relates how the felon 

 Dodd met his fate that morning, evidently to whet 

 Selwyn's appetite for the more detailed account of 

 how Dodd suffered, which was to be sent by their 

 common friend, one Storer. Lord March, who claimed 

 and enjoyed the services of a chaplain, could not help 

 adding that the culprit prayed very earnestly . . , ' but 

 that was his profession ' ! 



^ Appendix D 2. 



