angry letter arrived at a moment, to which I shall not allude further, as my happiness is best consulted in forgetting it
.
You have perhaps heard also of the death of poor Matthews, whom you recollect to have met at Newstead. He was one whom his friends will find it difficult to replace, nor will Cambridge ever see his equal.
I trust you are on the point of adding to your relatives instead of losing them, and of
friends
a man of fortune will always have a plentiful stock—at his Table.
I dare say now you are gay, and connubial, and popular, so that in the next parliament we shall be having you a County Member. But beware your Tutor, for I am sure he Germanized that sanguinary letter; you must not write such another to your Constituents; for myself (as the mildest of men) I shall say no more about it.
Seriously,