“But the Bedd-roomb is the Jem of the whole. If you could but see it!
such a Bedworr! Ive a Shyval Dressing Glass festooned with Walanseens
Lace, and lighted up of evenings with rose-colored tapers. Goold
dressing-case and twilet of Dresding Cheny. My bed white and gold with
curtings of pink and silver brocayd held up a top by a goold Qpid who
seems always a smilin angillicly hon me, has I lay with my Ed on my
piller hall sarounded with the finest Mechlin. I have a own man, a yuth
under him, 2 groombs, and a fimmale for the House. I've 7 osses: in cors
if I hunt this winter I must increase my ixtablishment.
“N.B. Heverythink looking well in the City. St. Helenas, 12 pm.;
Madagascars, 9 5/8; Saffron Hill and Rookery Junction, 24; and the new
lines in prospick equily incouraging.
“People phansy it's hall gaiety and pleasure the life of us fashnabble
gents about townd--But I can tell 'em it's not hall goold that
glitters. They don't know our momints of hagony, hour ours of studdy
and reflecshun. They little think when they see Jeames de la Pluche,
Exquire, worling round in a walce at Halmax with Lady Hann, or lazaly
stepping a kidrill with Lady Jane, poring helegant nothinx into the
Countess's hear at dinner, or gallopin his hoss Desperation hover the
exorcisin ground in the Park,--they little think that leader of the
tong, seaminkly so reckliss, is a careworn mann! and yet so it is.
“Imprymus. I've been ableged to get up all the ecomplishments at double
quick, & to apply myself with treemenjuous energy.
“First,--in horder to give myself a hideer of what a gentleman reely is,
I've read the novvle of 'Pelham' six times, and am to go through it 4
times mor.
“I practis ridin and the acquirement of 'a steady and & a sure seat
across Country' assijuously 4 times a week, at the Hippydrum Riding
Grounds. Many's the tumbil I've ad, and the aking boans I've suffered
from, though I was grinnin in the Park or laffin at the Opra.
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