St. James's-place,
Aug. 29.
All our movements are at present uncertain; Mrs. Delany's Windsor house
is still unfinished, but I suppose it will be fit for her reception by
the beginning of next week, and I have the happiest reasons for hoping
she will then be fit for it herself. Her maid has been to see what
forwardness it is in, and this was her report:--She was ordered to wait
upon Miss Goldsworthy,[192] by the king's direction, who heard of her
being sent to inspect the house; and there she received commands, in the
name of both king and queen, to see that Mrs. Delany brought with her
nothing but herself and clothes, as they insisted upon fitting up her
habitation with everything themselves, including not only plate,
china, glass, and linen, but even all sort of stores--wine, sweetmeats,
pickles, etc. Their earnestness to save her every care, and give her
every gratification in their power, is truly benevolent and amiable.
They seem to know and feel her worth as if they had never worn crowns,
or, wearing, annexed no value to them.