June 29. am got home from Halls—to Coxwould—O ’tis a delicious retreat! both from its beauty, & air of Solitude; & so sweetly does every thing ab^t it invite y^r. mind to rest from its Labours and be at peace with itself & the world—That ’tis the only place, Eliza, I could live in at this juncture—I hope one day, You will like it as much as y^r. Bramine—It shall be decorated & made more worthy of You—by the time fate encourages me to look for you—I have made you a sweet Sitting Room (as I told You) already—and am projecting a good Bed-Chamber adjoining it, with a pretty dressing room for You, which connects them together—& when they are finish’d, will be as sweet a set of romantic apartments, as You ever beheld—the Sleeping room will be very large—The dressing room, thro’ w^{ch}. You pass into y^r. Temple, will be little—but Big enough to hold a dressing Table—a couple of chairs, with room for y^r. Nymph to stand at her ease both behind and on either side of you—w^{th}. spare Room to hang a dozen petticoats—gowns, &c—& Shelves for as many Bandboxes—y^r. little Temple I have described—and what it will hold—but if it ever it holds You & I, my Eliza—the Room will not be too little for us—but We shall be _too big_ for the Room.— * * * * * June 30.—’Tis now a quarter of a year (wanting 3 days) since You sail’d from the Downs—in one month more—You will be (I trust) at Madras—& there you will stay I suppose 2 long long months, before you set out for Bombay—’Tis there I shall want to hear from you,—most impatiently—because the most interesting Letters must come from Eliza when she is there—at present, I can hear of y^r. health, & tho’ that of all Acc^{ts}. affects me most—yet still I have hopes taking their Rise from that—& those are—What Impression you can make upon M^r. Draper, towards setting you at Liberty—& leaving you to pursue the best measures for y^r. preservation—and these are points, I w^d. go to Aleppo, to know certainty[29]: I have been possess’d all day & night with an opinion, That Draper will change his behaviour totally towards you—That he will grow friendly & caressing—and as he knows y^r. nature is easily to be won with gentleness, he will practice it to turn you from y^r. purpose of quitting him—In short when it comes to the point of y^r. going from him to England—it will have so much the face, if not the reality, of an alienation on y^r. side from India for ever, as a place you cannot live at—that he will part with You by no means, he can prevent—You will be cajolled my dear Eliza thus out of y^r. Life—but what serves it to write this, unless means can be found for You to read it—If you come not—I will take the Safest Cautions I can to have it got to You—& risk every thing, rather than You should not know how much I think of You—& how much stronger hold you have got of me, than ever.—Dillon has obtain’d his fair Indian—& has this post