DEAR MADAM,

Things advance so very slowly, that I propose to run down to Beriton

for a fortnight, and shall certainly be with you Wednesday. It is

therefore unnecessary to say any more at present, than that I beg you

would not wait dinner for me, as it is very uncertain whether I shall

arrive before Evening.

I am, Dear Madam,

Most truly yours,

E. G.

[Sidenote: THE LORD MAYOR IN THE TOWER.]

101.

_To his Stepmother._

Grosvenor Street, Tuesday evening.

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