278.
To his Stepmother.
London, April 26th, 1776.
Dear Madam,
THE NECKERS IN LONDON.
Though you may censure my silence for two or three posts, you must allow that my taking up my pen while your daughter-in-law is sitting close to me is an instance of no vulgar complaisance. I am a good deal taken up with the Neckers.[324] We are vastly glad to see one another, but she is no longer a Beauty. How is Colonel Gould? I am well.
I am, Dear Madam,
Ever yours,
E. Gibbon.