She calls Mr.Colburn an "embodied shiver," which will bring a smile to the lips of those--few, I fear--who remember the little man.
Here are some extracts from a still longer letter written to my mother much about the same time: "I hear Lady S---- has committed another novel, called _The Three Peers_, no doubt _l'un pire que l'autre_!...
I have a great many kind messages to you from that very charming person Madame Recamier, who fully intends meeting you at Venice with Chateaubriand in October, for so she told me on Sunday.

I met her at Miss Clarke's some time ago, and as I am a bad _pusher_ I am happy to say she asked to be introduced to me, and was, thanks to you, my kind friend! She pressed me to go and see her, which I have done two or three times, and am going to do again at her amiable request on Thursday.

I think that her fault is that she flatters a little too much.

And flattery to one whose ears have so long been excoriated by abuse does not sound safe.

However, all is right when she speaks of you.