Your affectionate,
H. Davy.
P.S. I hope you got the copy of my discourses.
TO THE SAME.
Firle, near Lewes, Nov. 4, 1827.
MY DEAR POOLE,
I have this moment received your very kind and most friendly letter. I have made my first visit to my friend Lord G——, where I was taken ill last year; and have borne the journey well, and have enjoyed the small society here; but I am very weak indeed, and I cannot yet walk more than a mile. One of three plans, I shall hope to adopt; two of them you have most amiably suggested, the other is to go to Penzance. My only objection to the last is the fear of too much society. Whatever I do, I will first come to you and take your advice.
When I returned, I had little hopes of recovery; but the assurances of my physicians that I may again, with care, be re-established, have revived me, and I have certainly gained ground, and gained strength, by the plan I am now pursuing.
As soon as I return to London, I will write to you. If I can find a companion, I think Mr. C——'s house will do admirably; but I must see it, as a temperate situation is a sine quâ non.
I need not say how grateful I am for your kindness, and if I recover, how delighted I shall be to owe the means to so excellent and invaluable a friend. God bless you.