1774] To the Eon. Henry Seymour Conway 57
flannel and be in danger, without visiting all the armies
on the face of the globe, and putting the immortality of
one's chaise to the proof.
I am ashamed of sending you but three sides of smaller
paper in answer to seven large—but what can I do ? I see
nothing, know nothing, do nothing. My castle is finished,
I have nothing new to read, I am tired "of writing, I have
no new or old bit for my printer. I have only black hoods
around me; or, if I go to town, the family party in
(Jrosvenor Street4. One trait will give you a sample of
how I pass my time, and made me laugh, as it put me
in mind of you ; at least it was a fit of absence, much more
likely to have happened to you than to me. I was playing
at eighteenpenny tredrille with the Duchess of Newcastle
and Lady Browne, and certainly not much interested in the
game. I cannot recollect nor conceive what I was thinking
of, but I pushed the cards very gravely to the Duchess, and
said, 'Doctor, you are to deal.' You may guess at their
astonishment, and how much it made us all laugh. I wish
it may make you smile a moment, or that I had anything
better to send yon. Adieu.
Most affectionately yours ever,
HOE. WALPOLE.
1564. To THE HON, HENRY SEYMOTJE CONWAY.
Strawberry Hill, Sept. 28, 1774.
LADY AILESBTJBY brings you this *, which is not a letter,
but a paper of directions, and the counterpart of what I have
written to Madame <3u DefFand. I beg of you seriously" to
take a great deal of notice of this dear old friend of mine.
She will, perhaps, expect more attention from you, as my
* Lord Hertford's. Lady Ailesbtuy and Mrs. Domer
LETTER 1664.—* Mr. Conway ended went to meet him, and whore they
Ms military tour at Paris, whither spent the winter togethor. Wcdpole,