“Do you suppose, Cottle, that I have forgotten those true and
most essential acts of friendship which you showed me when I
stood most in need of them? Your house was my house when I had
no other.... Sure I am that there never was a more generous or
kinder heart than yours, and you will believe me when I add
that there does not live that man upon earth whom I remember
with more gratitude and affection.... Good-night, my dear old
friend and benefactor.
“ROBERT SOUTHEY.”
[Illustration: THE END.]