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Linc. Inn March 11 1784.
Honoured Sir
I write this merely to beg you would make my apology
to my Mother for the abrupt manner in which I
left the room yesterday afternoon, without taking my
leave of her any more than of you. Nothing could
be farther from my thoughts than Conceiving that after
the turn the conversation had taken, that room was no
by no means a proper place for me to be in, as
indeed it had not been for some time, I took myself away
accordingly: [ a little sooner perhaps that I should have
done otherwise, but not so soon as I wish I had done.]
but the idea of the cause that made my situation
no longer tenable affected me in such a manner as to
deprive me of all power of utterance. The reason
therefore why I did not speak to her departing a
circumstance that must might naturally appear disrespectful to shew a want
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