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chambermaid's back being turned, I unbosomed myself Gall in pathetic
strains to Alexander Popham - "Qu'y faire? cette femme-ci
"quoique ce soit une femme, il n'y a pas moyen de la mener
"avec moi: cependant c'est precisement a cette maison la que
"je vais: voila ce qui s' appelle un rencontre". It was some
consolation however to me that the tarpitude of my interaction
was shared with Alexander: who upon first meeting took care to
enlarge upon the pre-eminence of post-Stage-coaches to postchaises, of
the former's being the more expeditious vehicle, of his being urged
to have recourse to it by a disinterested Innkeeper at Newbury,
and of his being determined by so pure a motive as the choice
hope of company: had it not been for this, I should rather have
attributed it to the expences of a lost election: at parting, "to
"let you into a secret," says he, "I ought not by-rights to go so near
"without paying my respects at the house you are going to: and
"I would not wish you to mention your having seen me - But how
"long do you think of staying?" a month or thereabouts? — "Indeed
"I can't tell." - "A month or thereabouts?" - "it is not impossible" -
"Ah then," says he, "I hope we shall meet." - "Well but why not
"now? come get into the postchaise with me" — the fact was, I should
not have been sorry to have had him (supposing him upon such a
footing, as a sort of instrument to break ad ice with. However he would not go.

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Date_1	1781-08-??	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	207	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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