There were ramblings, picnics, and little dinner-parties.
Lady Hesketh kept a carriage.

Gayhurst, the seat of Mr.Wright, was visited as well as Weston Hall; the life of the lonely pair was fast becoming social.

The Rev.John Newton was absent in the flesh, but he was present in the spirit, thanks to the tattle of Olney.

To show that he was, he addressed to Mrs.Unwin a letter of remonstrance on the serious change which had taken place in the habits of his spiritual children.

It was answered by her companion, who in repelling the censure mingles the dignity of self-respect with a just appreciation of the censor's motives, in a style which showed that although he was sometimes mad, he was not a fool.
Having succeeded in one great poem, Cowper thought of writing another, and several subjects were started--_The Mediterranean_, _The Four Ages of Man_, _Yardley Oak_.