[74 — To Elizabeth Bridget Pigot]

Cambridge, June 30, 1807.

"

[Better]

late than never, Pal,"

[1]

is a saying of which you know the origin, and as it is applicable on the present occasion, you will excuse its conspicuous place in the front of my epistle. I am almost superannuated here. My old friends (with the exception of a very few) all departed, and I am preparing to follow them, but remain till Monday to be present at three

Oratorios

, two