402.
To his Stepmother.
Bentinck Street, Sept. 2nd, 1780.
Dear Madam,
In the general dissolution you will be anxious to know my fate, and I wish it were in my power to send you a more agreeable account. Mr. Eliot, actuated, as it should seem, by the Demon of Party, has renounced me.[462] I am not without resources; but his civil ambiguous silence, by feeding my hopes, has encreased my difficulties. I doubt whether my real friends will be able to serve me at so short a notice, and I think it more than probable that I shall not be in the new Parliament, at least in the beginning of it. A few days however will determine that question, and I still proceed with perfect composure to prepare for my lying-in. They will be twins, and I reckon about next February.
I am, Dear Madam,
Most truly yours,
E. G.
Col. H. who came with me Thursday from S. P. darted down to Coventry. I think he is secure.