hey see me in youniform! How Mary Hann would--but
nonsince! I'm halways thinking of that pore gal. She's left Sir John's.
She couldn't abear to stay after I went, I've heerd say. I hope she's
got a good place. Any sumn of money that would sett her up in bisniss,
or make her comfarable, I'd come down with like a mann. I told my
granmother so, who sees her, and rode down to Healing on porpose on
Desparation to leave a five lb. noat in an anvylope. But she's sent it
back, sealed with a thimbill."
Tuesday.--Reseaved the folloing letter from Lord B----, rellatiff to my
presntation at Cort and the Youniform I shall wear on that hospicious
seramony:--
"'MY DEAR DE LA PLUCHE,--I THINK you had better be presented as a
Deputy Lieutenant. As for the Diddlesex Yeomanry, I hardly know what the
uniform is now. The last time we were out was in 1803, when the Prince
of Wales reviewed us, and when we wore French gray jackets, leathers,
red morocco boots, crimson pelisses, brass helmets with leopard-skin
and a white plume, and the regulation pig-tail of eighteen inches. That
dress will hardly answer at present, and must be modified, of coarse. We
were called the White Feathers, in those days. For my part, I decidedly
recommend the Deputy Lieutenant.
"'I shall be happy to present you at the Levee and at the Drawing-room.
Lady Bareacres will be in town for the 13th, with Angelina, who will be
presented on that day. My wife has heard much of you, and is anxious to
make your acquaintance.
"'All my people are backward with their rents: for heaven's sake, my
dear fellow, lend me five hundred and oblige
"'Yours, very gratefully,
"'BAREACRES.'
"Note.--Bareacres may press me about the Depity Leftnant; but I'M for
the cavvlery."
"Jewly will always be a sacrid anniwussary with me. It was in that
month that I became persnally ecquaintid with my Prins and my gracious
Sovarink.
"Long before the hospitious event acurd, you may imadgin that my busm
was in no triffling flutter. Sleaplis of nights, I past them thinking
of the great ewent--or if igsosted natur DID clothes my highlids--the
eyedear of my waking thoughts pevaded my slummers. Corts, Erls,
presntations, Goldstix, gracious Sovarinx mengling in my dreembs
unceasnly. I blush to say it (for humin prisumpshn never surely igseeded
that of my wicked wickid vishn), one night I actially dremt that Her
R. H. the Princess Hallis was grown up, and that there was a Cabinit
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