LETTER LI
LORD M. TO JOHN BELFORD, ESQ.M. HALL, FRIDAY, SEPT. 29.
DEAR SIR,
My kinsman Lovelace is now setting out for London; proposing to see you,and then to go to Dover, and so embark. God send him well out of thekingdom!
On Monday he will be with you, I believe. Pray let me be favoured withan account of all your conversations; for Mr. Mowbray and Mr. Tourvilleare to be there too; and whether you think he is grown quite his own managain.
What I mostly write for is, to wish you to keep Colonel Morden and himasunder; and so I give you notice of his going to town. I should be veryloth there should be any mischief between them, as you gave me noticethat the Colonel threatened my nephew. But my kinsman would not bearthat; so nobody let him know that he did. But I hope there is no fear;for the Colonel does not, as I hear, threaten now. For his own sake, Iam glad of that; for there is not such a man in the world as my kinsmanis said to be, at all the weapons--as well he was not; he would not be sodaring.
We shall all here miss the wild fellow. To be sure, there is no manbetter company when he pleases.
Pray, do you never travel thirty or forty miles? I should be glad to seeyou here at M. Hall. It will be charity when my kinsman is gone; for wesuppose you will be his chief correspondent; although he has promised towrite to my nieces often. But he is very apt to forget his promises; tous his relations particularly. God preserve us all; Amen! prays
Your very humble servant,M.