I will not tell your sister of this, if you will tell me true.

I had hopes that this letter would have confirmed my expectations of your speedy return, which has been stated by Mr.Kinnaird, and repeated to me by Mr.
Davies, whom I saw yesterday, and who promises to write.

We often indulge our recollections of you, and he allows me to believe that I am one of the few who really know you.
Gifford gave me yesterday the first act of "Manfred" with a delighted countenance, telling me it was wonderfully poetical, and desiring me to assure you that it well merits publication.

I shall send proofs to you with his remarks, if he have any; it is a wild and delightful thing, and I like it myself hugely....
I have just received, in a way perfectly unaccountable, a MS.

from St.
Helena--with not a word.