"November 29. 1813. Sunday--Monday morning--three o'clock--in my
doublet and hose,--_swearing_.
"I send you in time an errata page, containing an omission of mine,
which must be thus added, as it is too late for insertion in the
text. The passage is an imitation altogether from Medea in Ovid,
and is incomplete without these two lines. Pray let this be done,
and directly; it is necessary, will add one page to your book
(_making_), and can do no harm, and is yet in time for the
_public_. Answer me, thou oracle, in the affirmative. You can send
the loose pages to those who have copies already, if they like; but
certainly to all the _critical_ copyholders.
"P.S. I have got out of my bed, (in which, however, I could not
sleep, whether I had amended this or not,) and so good morning. I
am trying whether De l'Allemagne will act as an opiate, but I doubt
it."
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