I am this moment (about one o'clock in the afternoon) landed after
a very pleasant passage. I already feel my mind expand with the
unbounded prospect of the Continent. But notwithstanding my love of
freedom you may rest assured that in due season, I shall return
without reluctance to my cage in Bentinck Street.
I am, Dear Madam,
Most truly yours,
E. GIBBON.
317.
_To his Stepmother._
Paris, May 12th, 1777.