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shall stay for the first night of the opera, which is next 

 Tuesday, and shall go to Newmarket on Wednesday. 

 Lord Cardigan has kissed hands for being Duke of 

 Montagu, and keeps his place. There is no news. Lady 

 Townshend has sent me a fan for you, which I will send 

 you by the first opportunity, if I don't bring it myself. I 

 shall see the Duke of Grafton at Newmarket, and will find 

 out what they expect about your coming to the meeting of 

 Parliament, The Duke of Northumberland intends set- 

 ting out the day after the Parliament meets. I have had 

 a very civil letter from Monsieur du Barri : say something 

 for me in case I should not write. 



I shall write to the Tondino by the post to-morrow. 

 Adieu, my dear George, it begins to grow late, and I must 

 go to bed. . . . 



APPENDIX U. 



2&th October 1766. 



My dear George, — This time, my dear George, your 

 money has been lucky indeed. I am returned with my 

 pockets full ; by the second meeting, clear gain four 

 thousand one hundred guineas. This good fortune has 

 come very apropos, and I have the pleasure of being in- 

 debted to you for it, which makes it still more welcome, 

 for without your money I could not have risked near so 

 much. Shafts and Parker have been the chief losers. 

 In these high circumstances I must remember Dick 

 Edgecombe, and not think because I am rich now, that I 

 shall never be poor again. I have ordered the Cherubim 



