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should not have been able to prevail on them: however before I
took my leave I returned to the charge, and did obtain what
I looked upon as a promise. I would have fixed on Monday:
but as they had not paid any visits in the neighbourhood, they
would then fix a day. Mrs B. proposed drinking Tea: but
that you may imagine I would not accept. As an inducement
I mentioned your having dined with me several times, and said
I made no doubt but you would be glad to meet them. If
they stipulate for it so it must be: but it would be very confidential
in them, and would be a great point gained if they
would come by themselves. I said as you had bid me that
I understood from my Mother, Mrs B. had been kind enough
to say that she would let her know when they were come
back: she replied "true: she had like to have forgot it; and
begged me to let you me Mother & you know, and that she should be very glad
to see you.

If my Mare should not get well, or even if she should,
(so sluggish is she at best) I don't know what I shall do. My
only chance for any thing of a tête-à-tête is a ride; and
time grows pretious. It is not above 6 weeks longer that I
can stay with any decency in the country: and they do not come
to town till after Christmas. — They were not once at the rooms at Margate:
but they spent a week at Canterbury, which they like much. It was

Identifier: | JB/538/056/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1776-09-06	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	056	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham; Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
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