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Reading edition
To his Stepmother.
Bentinck Street, December 26th, 1782.
Dear Madam,
It was not in my power to set out this morning (Thursday), and therefore I cannot hope to reach Bath Saturday. I am not perfectly sure whether Sunday or Monday will be the day of my arrival: for which reason I shall eat a mutton chop at the Devizes, and beg you would not wait dinner for me.
I am Most truly yours, E. G.