[43]. Some lines are lost.
[44]. Thomas Hodges, Governour of Bombay (1767–71). His predecessor was Charles Crommelin (1760–67).
[45]. Some lines are lost.
[46]. Sterne’s widow and daughter.
[47]. Thomas Becket, the publisher.
[48]. Here and elsewhere the manuscript is worn away.
[49]. In the manuscript “desired” is written above “hinted.”
[50]. Supply: “let me return to England.”
[51]. For the meaning of the sentence, substitute if they for in that.
[52]. A daughter to the Drapers.