I came up to London last night by the mail from Salisbury, and have just
seen your letter. Mr. Whishaw told me when we last met that he was
going to your house on Saturday, and I feared that my projected visit
might, on account of numbers, be inconvenient to you.... You have,
however, suggested the getting me a bed out of your house, with which I
shall be well satisfied, let it be hard or soft, narrow or roomy....
Pray make no ceremony with me, and do not receive me if there be the
least difficulty about the bed.
Yours very truly,
DAVID RICARDO.
LONDON, _3 June, 1817_.