meagre profits spring from pen and ink; but Cervantes died a
beggar and is immortal. It is the devil who comes into the
market with ready money: _No_ solvendum in futuro: I well know
that it is cash down which makes the mare to go; dollars will
add spurs even to the Prince of Mustard's paces.

It is a bore not receiving even the crumbs which drop from such
tables as those spread by Mr. Eyre: Murray, however, is a deep
cove, _y muy pratico en cosas de libreteria_: and he knew that
the _first out_ about Afghan would sell prodigiously. I doubt
now if Lady Sale would now be such a general Sale. Murray
builds solid castles in Eyre. Los de Espana rezalo bene de ser
siempre muy Cosas de Espana: Cachaza! Cachaza! firme, firme!
Arhse! no dejei nada en el tintero; basta que sea nuevo y muy
piquunte cor sal y ajo: a los Ingleses le gustan mucho las
Longanizas de Abarbenel y los buenos Choriyos de Montanches:

El handbook sa her concluido jeriayer: abora principia el
trabajo: Tengo benho un monton de papel acombroso. El menester
reducirlo a la mitad y eso so hara castratandolo de lo bueno
duro y particolar a romperse el alma:

I had nothing to do whatever with the _manner_ in which the
handbook puff was affixed to your book. I wrote the said paper,
but concluded that Murray would put it, as usual, in the
fly-leaf of the book, as he does in his others, and the _Q.
Rev._

Sabe mucho el hijo--ha imaginado altacar mi obresilla al flejo
de vuestra immortalidad y lo que le toca de corazon,
facilitarsele la venta.

Yo no tengo nada en eso y quede tanalustado amo V^{m} a la
primera vista de aquella hoja volante. Conque Mantengare V^{m}
bueno y alegre y mande V^{m} siempre, a S : S : S : y buen Critico,
L : I : M : B.,

R. F.

During these years--1843 and onwards--Borrow was regularly corresponding
with Ford. I quote a sentence from one of these letters:

Borrow writes me word that his Life is nearly ready, and it
will run the Bible hull down. If he tells truth it will be a
queer thing. I shall review it for _The Edinburgh_.

To George Borrow, Esq., Oulton Hall, Lowestoft.

123 PARK MANSIONS, _Thursday, April 13, 1843._

BATUSCHCA B.,--Knowing that you seldom see a newspaper I send
you one in which Peel speaks very