LETTER XXVIII.

Lord DARCEY to the Honourable GEORGE MOLESWORTH.

_Barford Abbey_.

Full of joy! full of surprize! I dispatch a line by Robert.--Fly,

Molesworth, to Mr. Smith's, in _Bloomsbury-Square_:--tell my dearest,

dear Miss Warley, but tell her of it by degrees, that Mr. Powis is her

_father!_--Yes! her _father_, George;--and the most desirable woman on

earth, her mother!--Don't tell her of it neither; you will kill her with

surprise.--Confounded luck! that I did not know she was in London.

I shall be with you in less than two hours, after Robert:--I send him

on, with orders to ride every horse to death, lest he should be set out

for Dover.

Jenkings is now on the road, but he travels too slow for my wishes.--If

she is gone, prepare swift horses for me to follow:--I am kept by force

to refresh myself.--What refreshment can I want!--Fly, I say, to Miss

Powis, now no longer Miss Warley.--Leave her not, I charge you;--stir

not from her;--by our friendship, Molesworth, stir not from her 'till

you see

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