426.
Reading edition
To his Stepmother.
Bentinck Street, October 6th, 1781.
Dear Madam,
I have meditated a letter many posts, and the bell of Saturday evening now admonishes or rather reproaches. Allow me only to say that I am perfectly well, and expect very soon some more lines. The season no longer invites me to Brighthelmston, but the Sheffields, &c., insist on my passing another fortnight there, which will carry me (as I shall not go till Sunday seven-night) to the end of the month.
I am, Dear Madam, Ever yours, E. Gibbon.