MR. BELFORD, TO ROBERT LOVELACE, ESQ.
TUEDAY, SEPT. 5, SIX O'CLOCK.
The lady remains exceedingly weak and ill. Her intellects, nevertheless,
continue clear and strong, and her piety and patience are without
example. Every one thinks this night will be her last. What a shocking
thing is that to say of such an excellence! She will not, however, send
away her letter to her Norton, as yet. She endeavoured in vain to
superscribe it: so desired me to do it. Her fingers will not hold the
pen with the requisite steadiness.--She has, I fear, written and read her
last!