I have nothing about myself to add to my letter of last night, except
to answer your obliging anxiety about my Gout, which Mr. Scott took
the trouble of mentioning to you. A sprain in the same foot as last
year brought on a kind of inflammation which was suspected to be that
dignified disorder; but I much doubt the fact, and be it as it may,
the whole was over in four or five days, and I am now strong and well.
You know, dear Madam, how many various calls I have upon me, but
yours will always stand the first, and will be answered whenever it
is most convenient to you.
I am, Dear Madam,
Most sincerely yours,
E. GIBBON.
[Sidenote: DEATH OF A FRIEND.]
162.
_To his Stepmother._
Pall Mall, December 31st, 1772.