80 NESSY HEYWOOD. 
on the 26th, inclosing a statement of the 
pardon having been transmitted to Ports- 
mouth. In this letter she said, " O blessed 
hour ! Little did I think, my beloved friends, 
when I closed my letter this morning, that 
before night I should be out of my senses 
with joy. This moment, this ecstatic mo- 
ment, brought the inclosed. I cannot speak 
my happiness. I am too mad to write sense ; 
but 'tis a pleasure I would not forego to be 
the most reasonable being on earth." 
In this way the family received the de- 
lightful intelligence ; and the warm-hearted 
and untiring Mr. Graham, unable to remain 
easy at home, hastened to Portsmouth to 
congratulate his young friend, and bring him 
to London. Nothing can be more hearty or 
natural than the following : 
A. Graham, Esq. to Miss N. Hey wood. 
" PORTSMOUTH, Oct, 27th, 1792. 
" MY DEAEEST NESSY, 
" If you expect me to enter into particulars 
as to how I got him, when I got him, and 
where I have him, you will be disappointed ; 
for that is not in my power at present. 
