We expect with impatience the arrival of our false friends, who have so long cheated us with delay; and Mary unites with me in desiring, that, as _you_ participated equally in the crime, you should not be omitted in the expiation. All good be with you.--Adieu. Yours faithfully, S. Williams desires to be kindly remembered to you, and begs to present his compliments to Mr. and Mrs. G., and--heaven knows what. TO HENRY REVELEY. _Pisa, April 19th [1821]._ My dear Henry, The rullock, or place for the oar, ought not to be placed where the oar-pins are now, but ought to be nearer to the mast; as near as possible, indeed, so that the rower has room to sit. In addition let a false keel be made in this shape, so as to be four inches deep at the stern, and to decrease towards the prow. It may be as thin as you please. Tell Mr. and Mrs. G---- that I have read the Numancia, and after wading through the singular stupidity of the first act, began to be greatly delighted, and, at length, interested in a very high degree, by the power of the writer in awakening pity and admiration, in which I hardly know by whom he is excelled. There is little, I allow, in a strict sense, to be called _poetry_ in this play; but the command of language, and the harmony of versification, is so great as to deceive one into an idea that it is poetry. Adieu.--We shall see you soon. Yours ever truly, S. TO MR. AND MRS. GISBORNE. _Bagni, Tuesday Evening, (June 5th, 1821.)_ My dear Friends, We anxiously expect your arrival at the Baths; but as I am persuaded that you will spend as much time with us as you can save from your necessary occupations before your departure, I will forbear to vex you with importunity. My health does not permit me to spend many hours from home. I have been engaged these last days in composing a poem on the death of Keats, which will shortly be finished; and I anticipate the pleasure of reading it to you, as some of the very few persons who will be interested in it and understand it. It is a highly-wrought _piece of art_, and perhaps better, in point of composition, than anything I have written. I have obtained a purchaser for some of the articles of your three lists, a catalogue of which I subjoin. I shall do my utmost to get more; could you not send me a complete list of your _furniture_, as I have had inquiries made about chests of drawers, &c. * * * * *