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herself quite well, after having suffered a great deal, which 

 I believe women do on these occasions, but particularly 

 with their first child. 



I dined to-day with the Spanish Ambassador, Pem- 

 broke, Hamilton, and myself were the only Englishmen, 

 and Mrs. Hamilton and the beautiful Mrs. Matthews, and 

 Madame Poustin, the women ; the rest, foreign ministers. 



I saw Lady Townshend the other day airing in Hyde 

 Park. She made a great many enquiries about you, with 

 all the usual affectation. She says that you will perform 

 Dr. Hunter's^ part better than you would Lord Carlisle's. 



Poor James is confined with an inflammation in his 

 gums, that gives him a great deal of pain. I have had 

 something of that sort, without pain, which put me in 

 danger of losing my fore teeth. I have given March fifty 

 guineas to cure me, which he promises to do, and I believe 

 will perform. As I consider this a very serious thing, I 

 shall give him a fair trial, and as I find myself much better, 

 I have no doubt of getting perfectly well, though I have 

 been very much alarmed, and not without reason. Pray 

 make my best compliments to Carlisle ; I am sorry to hear 

 that he has had such bad success at York. Adieu ! my 

 dear George. — Yours very sincerely and affectionately, 



March and E. 



P.S. — Lord Harrington is returned. The water at 

 Paris almost killed him ; he thinks, if he had continued 

 there, that he certainly should have died. 



^ The celebrated surgeon, who in his last moments observed to 

 Dr. Combe, * If I had strength enough to hold a pen, I would write 

 how easy and pleasant a thing it is to die. ' 



