rry tart at the bottom of it, and said, "Here is a little tart I
have got on purpose for you." Was not that courtly and kind of her?

I act here till Thursday. Friday and Saturday I act at Yarmouth; and I
shall return to town on Sunday, unless the Vice-Chancellor should allow
the manager to open the Cambridge Theatre, which is not generally
allowed during term; if he should, I shall act there on Monday night,
and only return to town Tuesday morning.

I have promised Mrs. Grote to go down to the Beeches on Saturday, 29th,
and shall only stay there till Monday, 31st. This is all I know of
myself at present, except that I am

Affectionately yours,
FANNY.

DEAR DOROTHY,

Here is my love with my pen and ink, which I flatter myself are as
wretchedly bad as those of any gentlewoman in the universe, and St.
Leonard's.

You may be impertinent to Hal; she is only a bully, and will give in if
you try: if you don't like to try, as you are meek and lowly, I'll try
for you, when I come down, if you'll give me your power-of-attorney and
instructions, without which I don't suppose I should know how to be
impertinent. Farewell, dearest Dorothy. I love you entirely for your own
sake; I don't like mixing up matters, and thank God for you, for
Harriet's sake, as often as I think of you both.

BEGUN AT NORWICH, FINISHED AT YARMOUTH, Friday, 21st.

I do but poorly at Norwich, my dearest Hal, in body and estate, having a
wretched influenza, sore throat, sore chest, and cold in my head,
through which I am obliged to stand bare-necked and bare-armed,
bare-headed and almost bare-footed (for the thin silk stockings and
satin shoes are a poor protection), on the stage, to houses, I am sorry
to say, as thin as my stockings; so that the money return for all this
fatigue, discomfort, and expense is but inconsiderable, _i.e._ by
comparison, for undoubtedly it is a fair harvest for such grain as I
sow.

My mind rather thrives upon this not too prosperous condition of my body
and estate, inasmuch as I naturally make some effort to be courageous
and cheerful, and therefore do better in that respect than when I was
cheerful and needed no courage, while you were spoiling me at St.
Leonard's with all your love for me, and Dorothy with all her love for
you.

In half an hour I leave this place for Yarmouth, where I act to-night
and