LETTER 74

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“TheWorksofCharlesandMaryLamb—Volume5（.shg.tw）”

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LETTER74

CHARLESLAMBTOWILLIAMGODWIN

Dec.10th，1800.

WednesdayMorning.

DearSir，—Iexpectedagooddealofpleasurefromyourpanyto-morrow，butIamsorryImustbegofyoutoexcuseme.IhavebeenconfinedeversinceIsawyouwithoneoftheseverestcoldsIeverexperienced，occasionedbybeinginthenightaironSunday，andonthefollowingday，veryfoolishly.Iamneitherinhealthnorspiritstomeetpany.IhopeandtrustIshallgetoutonSaturdaynight.Youwilladdtoyourmanyfavours，bytransmittingtomeasearlyaspossibleasmanyticketsasconvenientlyyoucanspare，—Yourstruly，

C.L.

IhavebeenplottinghowtoabridgetheEpilogue.ButIcannotseethatanylinescanbespared，retainingtheconnection，exceptthesetwo，whicharebetterout.

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WhyshouldIinstance，&c.，

Thesickmanspurpose，&c.，"

andthenthefollowinglinemustrunthus，

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Thetruthbyanexamplebestisshown."

Excusethisimportantpostscript.

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