Volume the Second: Diplomatic Display London British Library, Add. MS. 59874
and sent
William to ask how Hervey did. He wasnot expected to live many
Hours; he died thesame day. We took
all poſsible Care to break
the MelancholyEvent Account to Eloisa in the tenderest man::ner; yet in spite of every precaution, her Sufferingson hearing it were too violent for her reasons,1 andshe continued for many
hours in a high Delirium.She is still
extremely ill, and her Physicians2 isaregreatly afraid of her being ingoing into3 a Decline. We
aretherefore preparing for Bristol, where we mean tobe in
the course of the next week. And now mydear Margaret let me
talk a little of your af::fairs; and in the
first place I must inform youthat it is confidently reported,
your Father is goingto be married; I am
very unwilling to beleive
so
Footnotes
- 1.
- Word originally ended with 's' (erased), and 'reason' written over it. Back to context...
- 2.
- 's' added at the end of 'Physician', and 'are' written over 'is'. Back to context...
- 3.
- 'going into' written over erased 'being in'. Back to context...