I should be very glad of his advice upon it, and whether he approves rubbing them with spirits, which I am told is good for him." Then came more favourable news about young Edward.

"I thank God this cold well agrees with the child; and he seems stronger and better every day," Lady Mary was able to report.

"But I should be very glad, if you saw Dr.Garth, if you asked his opinion concerning the use of cold baths for young children.

I hope you love the child as well as I do; but if you love me at all, you'll desire the preservation of his health, for I should certainly break my heart for him." Garth, it may be assumed, was the famous Samuel Garth, afterwards physician-in-ordinary to George I and author of _The Dispensary_.

His views on cold baths for children of fifteen months have not been handed down to posterity by Lady Mary.
Meantime things were happening in the Pierrepont family.