First, he finds "Well"--an evacuation made in the earth to find water;
Next he finds "Dun"--a colour betwixt black and brown;
Oh! then to hear him rave and swear about our Lang Anglay--it was quite orrible--for he knew well enough, with all his poking and groping, that that could not be the meaning; so now, whenever he begins to try his fine scheme, my girls (little toads) run after him and cry out "Well done Peg!"
I wish you would drop in and see us--we are all in the family way here; but my two youngest daughters play very pretty--one they say has as much execution as Muscles on the piano-forte, or Key-sweater on the fiddle; they play the late Mr. Weaver's overture to Obrien uncommon well as a do-it; the Roundo is very difficult they tell me--indeed I know it must be a beautiful piece of music, because they have printed FINE in large letters at the end of it.
But I waist too much of your time--do come and take your tea with us--we live a good deal out of the way, but when you get down to the bottom of Oxford-street, ask anybody, and they will tell you which road to take--it is all lighted at night here, and watched just like London--do come.
Adoo, yours, truly, LAVINIA D. RAMSBOTTOM.
MRS. RAMSBOTTOM ON THE CANNING ADMINISTRATION.
Montague Place, Bedford Square, May 18, 1827.
DEAR B.,--I am quite in a consternation--you are no longer a supporter of Government, and I am--indeed several ladies of my standing down in these parts have determined to stick to the Canine Administration, which you oppose. Mr. Fulmer takes in the _Currier_, and the _Currier_ supports them--besides, he knows the Duke of Deafonshire, and so we cannot help being on their side.
You did not, perhaps, expect so soon to see Lord Doodley in place, nor fancy Mr. Turney would be Master of the Mint, or else you would not have been again Mr. Canine--for I know you like Lord Doodley, and you always praise Mr. Turney.
Between you and me, I do not quite understand why they should have so much Mint in the Cabinet as to want a man to look after it, when they have no Sage there, nor do I see how our Statesmen can get into a Cabinet to sit--to be sure, the French Minister sits in a bureau, and one is quite as easy to get into as the other. I see by Mr. Canine's speeches, that the King (God bless him!) sits in a closet, which is much more comfortable, I think.