If I can be of comfort to her--But I want it myself, from the
same cause. We shall only weep over each other.
As I told you, the doctor, and the doctor only, knew of his setting out
so early. He took leave of him. Happy Dr. Bartlett!--Yet I see by his
eyes, that this parting cost him some paternal tears.
Never father better loved a son than this good man loves Sir Charles
Grandison.
Sir Charles, it seems, had settled all his affairs three days before.
His servants were appointed.
The doctor tells me, that he had last week presented the elder Mr. Oldham
with a pair of colours, which he had purchased for him. Nobody had heard
of this.
Lord W----, he says, is preparing for Windsor; Mr. Beauchamp for
Hampshire, for a few days; and then he returns to attend the commands of
the noble Italians.
Lady Olivia will soon have her equipage ready.
She will make a great appearance.--But Sir Charles Grandison will not be
with her. What is grandeur to a disturbed heart?
The Earl of G---- and Lady Gertrude are setting out for Hertfordshire.
Lord and Lady L---- talk of retiring, for a few weeks, to Colnebrook: the
Doctor is preparing for Grandison-hall; your poor Harriet for
Northamptonshire--Bless me, my dear, what a dispersion!--But Lord W----'s
nuptials will collect some of them together at Windsor.
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Emily, the dear weeping girl! is just come.
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