Burgage Manor, August 6th, 1805.
Well, my dearest Augusta, here I am, once more situated at my mother's house, which together with its
inmate
is as
agreeable
as ever. I am at this moment
vis à vis
and Téte à téte with that amiable personage, who is, whilst I am writing, pouring forth complaints against your
ingratitude
, giving me many oblique hints that I ought not to correspond with you, and concluding with an interdiction that if you ever after the expiration of my minority are invited to my residence,