| Description | [She may not finish the letter as he has given her father the recipe for the pyrmont water. He will enquire in Glasgow about the apparatus for making it. Regrets that Watt has not time to visit his friends. Her dream about Mr Boulton, 'drawlling in Cornwall': 'I dreamt last night that you and I went to search for him and found him very gaily drest & standing with his back against the wall of a very fine apartment flourishing and talking away to a parcel of of white wig[g]ed heroes somewhat like like what our salt market Elders were...I was so provoked at him for triffling of his time that I awoke....' Albion Mill. 'take care never to let your friendship lead you into such a sea of care....'. ' you often treat me as one that had no intrest in what concerned you belive me it has cost me many a tear & many a sigh, but we will now forget them & when we meet let it be our study to make one another happy & enjoy with chearfulness all comforts this life affords us and strive to make the [best] of whatever is disagreeable---------' She would like to know his orders about Greenock; she will go there soon. Wet weather. The children are well. 'tell Lidia to buy onions for the winter at the fair.] |