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L Shelburne's carriage took her but one stage: there it waited (it was at
Malmsbury) for Miss Fox, who is sent here from Warwick castle (you
will excuse me but it really is the Earl of Warwick castle, at Warwick
and at Capt. Donnellan's) in exchange. Miss Fox is a little girl between
13 and 14: a sister and the only one of the present Ld Holland who is
about 9: consequently niece to Ch. Fox, and to Lady Shelburne, and great-
niece to the Duchess of Bedford. The D. of Bedford is now at this same
Warwick castle: we shall hardly see him here, at least I sharn't. She is
very prettily made, and has already has a very womanly sort of bosom I
assure you; as much so as a certain friend of ours at Brompton notwithstanding
the difference of age. By the bye I have a letter from that
same friend at Brompton, who is a saucy slut, and tells me of her being
just going to write to you, and that she likes you as well, aye better
than she does me. Ld Shelburne introduced me to Miss Fox in a more
particular manner than he did any body else, as a favourite of Miss
Vernon's. We are very good friends; she too plays at chess: she is very fond
of it, we play'd yesterday, and I appear shall be playing every evening.
She seems a good nature'd pleasant kind of girl, but has not much to say
for herself as yet, as you may imagine. Her face, I had like to have
forgot her face, is far from an unpleasing one: but the form of it which
is rather too long, a mouth which is the Fox mouth, and a set of teeth
which though white are rather too large, save her person being a beauty.
On Friday at diner we had again Mr Bull & Capt. Onslow
and now for the first time a Mr Brooke who was upon a visit to
Mr Bull. Brooke is or has been something in the law: probably at
the Bar. I have a notice of having seen him taking notes in the King's
Bench: a little man dapper made with a sharp face. Capt. Onslow
told me that Brooke had lately met the Q.S.P. At Bath something
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Jeremy Bentham |
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