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"that we fell to quarreling among ourselves. Poor ——" (here name the
officer you told me about without mentioning his name) "went to pot
"[or "got his scoldings" &c &c] first: all [or most as the case was] the
"officers got it in their turns. I escaped longest; but at last it came
"[round] to me. We were sitting one day after dinner when all of
a sudden (God knows for what reason— I am sure I know of none)
"he fell upon me in the strangest manner you ever heard of"—
[Here mention the particulars] "You may imagine that after this the
Bienfaisant was not a place for me to stay in a moment after
"an opportunity offered for me to take my leave. I am really sorry
"for it "Capt M. I have askt <add>for [as well] for his sake</add> on Capt. M.'s account as well as my own. The polite &
"cordial reception he gave me on so slight an introduction, and the
"manner in which he continued to behave to me for a considerable time
"was such as could not but make me think myself under high obligations
"to him. It (was) continued all along to be my study as it was my interest to do every
"thing in my power to let him see as much. I shall always entertain
"a grateful sense of them: these obligations: but I wish he had not taken so
"much pains to cancel them." &c. &c. &c. There's text & something
more than text for you to preach upon.
I wrote a few lines to you two or three days ago from Brompton
at the end of a letter from Lfolly.
<p>Q.S.P. (with whom I dined to day) takes your pious fraud
in the best part imaginable. I saw no help for it but to tell him the
plain truth of your quarrel with M'bride: I read to him that part of your
letter, Mrs Q.S.P. present: she behaved very well on the occasion:
threw out no reasons at all, but seemed to take your part.
I walked hither from Brompton yesterday with case set out at
7: breakfasted at Dartford: did punishments by the way: got to chambers
by 1/2 after 5.
Now for your commissions— but first let me transcribe a passage
in a letter from Wilson of Septr 27th. "Thanks to you for Sam's letters. His
"situation and resolution of continuing on board during the action gave me great
"pleasure— So does every part of his letters except the Surgeon's projects—
The only thing that I am afraid of in Sam's character is his too easily quitting
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Jeremy Bentham |
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