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affair was the cause of Selwyn's grief. That this is not 

 far from the truth is proved by a letter of Madame 

 Fagniani's from Brussels, September 3, expressing re- 

 gret at not having heard from her daughter's custodian 

 before, and desiring that the girl shall be returned to 

 her. The last paragraph of this letter refers to the ob- 

 ligation Madame Fagniani and her husband consider 

 themselves under for his kindness to their daughter ; 

 but, for all this and other expressions of gratitude 

 and esteem, much irritation is betrayed by the lady. 



In his next letter,^ Lord March expresses pleasure 

 at his friend being so much better ; and then rushes 

 into political gossip. One of his lordship's references 



shows that ' the honourable member for ' was 



not always the parliamentary cognomen of members 

 of the Lower House, as reference will show; while 

 those who wish for more of March's political small- 

 talk will lind it in his next two letters - to Selwyn. 



The Turf record of his lordship for 1777 shows 

 an increase as to engagements, which numbered 

 forty-eight; but the results were only one winning 

 bracket out of every four races, as compared to one 

 out of two the year preceding. This is also singular, 

 as showing that but little love or respect had existed 

 between him and his then lately deceased relative, 



^ Appendix F 2. - Appendices G 2 and H 2. 



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