Volume the Third: Diplomatic Display London British Library, Add. MS. 65381
:wards him,
and very soon explained who he was byher words & her
actions. Mr Stanley, who so fondly doat::ed on his
son, that the pleasure of seeing him againafter an absence of
three Months prevented his feeling for the
time any anger against him for re::turning to
England without his knowledge, receiv::ed him
with equal surprise & delight; and sooncomprehending the
cause of his Journey, forbore any farther
conversation with him, as he was eager tosee his Mother, & it was neceſsary that he
shouldbe introduced to Mr Dudley's family.
This introduc::tion to any one but Stanley would
have been high::ly unpleasant, for they
considered their dignity injured by his coming uninvited to their
house, & received him with more than their usual haugh::tineſs: But Stanley who with joined to a vivacity of temper seldom subdued, & a
contempt of censurenot to be overcome, poſseſsed an opinion of his own Consequence, & a perseverance in his own
schemes which were not to be damped by the conduct ofothers,
appeared not to perceive it. The Civilities
therefore which they coldly offered, he received with