He has, however, much in him, and is agreeable when you come to converse with him....
Lord Melbourne is rather in doubt about his own movements.

Lord Leicester[134] presses him much to go to Holkham, where Lord Fortescue,[135] Mr Ellice[136] and others are to be, and considering Lord Leicester's age, Lord Melbourne thinks that it will gratify him to see Lord Melbourne again there.

But at Holkham they shoot from morning until night, and if you do not shoot you are like a fish upon dry land.

Lord Melbourne hardly feels equal to the exertion, and therefore thinks that he shall establish himself for the present at Melbourne, where he will be within reach of Trentham, Beau Desert,[137] Wentworth,[138] and Castle Howard,[139] if he likes to go to them.

The only annoyance is that it is close to Lord and Lady G----, whom he will be perpetually meeting.
[Footnote 132: A daughter of George Canning, the Prime Minister.] [Footnote 133: Afterwards Lord Lytton, the novelist.] [Footnote 134: The famous country gentleman, "Mr Coke of Norfolk."] [Footnote 135: Hugh, second Earl, K.G.] [Footnote 136: The Right Hon.