"O I can never forget my feelings! continuing after his departure as if riveted to my seat and speechless."
Miss J. then laments that the Duke had never given any marked proof of his conversion, and recapitulates her efforts to lead him into the way of righteousness. She dwells upon the longing she had felt to be assured that he had known a "new birth," but adds:—
"Alas! this satisfaction was not afforded me. Nevertheless as before expressed, I build my hopes on the last five hours of His Grace's life, however insensible to all around, knowing nothing to be impossible with God, consequently that even at this the eleventh hour his precious soul may through a Saviour's righteousness have been permitted to wing its flight to Mansions of eternal glory."
The remainder of Miss J.'s life was of little interest. She became more bigoted as she advanced in years; and although not long after the Duke's death she joined her sister in the United States, her peculiarities had developed so unpleasantly that the two could not live peacefully in the same house. Miss J. resided in New York until her death in 1862.
A list of the Duke's letters is appended, copied from Miss J.'s Diary.
List of Letters received from the Duke.
| In 1834 | 6 | |
| 1835 | 78 | |
| 1836 | 56 | |
| 1837 | 25 | |
| 1838 | (one being double) | 23 |
| 1839 | 8 | |
| 1840 | 25 | |
| 1844 | (and Picture) | 55 |
| 1845 | 32 | |
| 1846 | 18 | |
| 1847 | 19 | |
| 1848 | 3 | |
| 1849 | 10 | |
| 1850 | 24 | |
| 1851 | 8 | |
| Total Number | 390 |
APPENDIX.