LETTERS* 81 
Miss Heywood to Mr. Peter Heywood. 
" ISLE OF MAN, July 17, 1792, 
"How can I sufficiently thank you, my 
dearest and most beloved boy, for your kind 
attention in remembering me, when I should 
have been the first to welcome you on your 
arrival in England ! It is as impossible for you 
to conceive, as for me to express, the pleasure 
and satisfaction we felt on receipt of your several 
letters. James had your favour by the same 
packet which brought mine. What infinite 
obligations are we under, my dearest Peter, to 
Mr. Heywood, and his amiable daughter, Mrs. 
Bertie! To her kind and maternal attention you 
owe the re-establishment of your precious health, 
that blessing without which there is no real en- 
joyment in this life. And let it be, my dear 
bi other, our future study to render ourselves de- 
serving of, though it will be impossible to repay, 
such friendship. God grant your innocence may 
be, by your acquittal, speedily known to the 
world ! I never for a moment doubted it ; nor 
if it was in the smallest degree suspected, would 
you, my dearest boy, be sustained and supported 
by so many friends, who, I am convinced, will 
do everything in their power for you. How 
anxiously do we all wish for the time when 
we shall have the inexpressible happiness of 
embracing you in the Isle of Man! May 
that period be very, very near; and may that 
Almighty Providence which has hitherto pre- 
served you, watch over and protect you at the 
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