forget
and be forgotten by the people of Southwell is all I aspire to.
The allusion is to the farce
Better Late than Never
(attributed to Miles Peter Andrews, but really, according to Reynolds (
Life
, vol. ii. pp. 79, 80), by himself, Topham, and Andrews), in which Pallet, an artist, is a prominent character. It was played at Drury Lane for the first time October 17, 1790, with Kemble as "Saville" and Mrs. Jordan as "Augusta."