Dear Madam,
I fancy Mrs. Eliot has already conveyed to you the pleasing intelligence which I received to-day, that I am elected Member for Liskeard.
I am,
Ever yours,
E. G.
The right of franking does not commence till the 20th.
221.
To J. B. Holroyd, Esq.
Boodle's, October the 22nd, 1774.
A VISIT TO BATH.
By this time I suppose your Election over, and would bet two to one that Sir James[261] has carried it,—a lucky circumstance for you; he will fill the place, and some years hence, when you have shaken off the novus homo, you may assert the liberty of the East.—You are now quiet, and I want to hear about the Bath scheme. Amusement, Piety, Health all recommend it; and I think that with the opening of next month you and My Lady should find yourselves in Bentinck Street, stay two or three days for consultations, purchases, &c., and then set out for Bath, which will allow me a clear fortnight there before I am summoned to town. I want a speedy answer about your plan.