[Footnote 972: Hutchinson said of Cavan: “. . . I never had a high
opinion of his capacity, but I never thought him so silly and so mean a
fellow as he has proved himself to be . . .” (The rest is in the same
tone.)
Hutchinson to Fox, 1 Jan., 1802. B.M. Add. MSS. 37053, f. 9. “Straton’s
diffidence staggers him much.”