Her Ladyship wants me to take up my quarters almost entirely there; but I love my own chambers and independence, and am neither qualified nor inclined to succeed Allen in his post.

On Friday week, that is to-morrow week, I shall go for three days to Sir George Philips's, at Weston, in Warwickshire.

He has written again in terms half complaining; and, though I can ill spare time for the visit, yet, as he was very kind to me when his kindness was of some consequence to me, I cannot, and will not, refuse.
Ever yours T.B.M.
To Hannah M.Macaulay London: September 25, 1832.
My dear Sister,--I went on Saturday to Holland House, and stayed there Sunday.

It was legitimate Sabbath employment,--visiting the sick,--which, as you well know, always stands first among the works of mercy enumerated in good books.

My Lord was ill, and my Lady thought herself so.