I am just on the point of setting off for Worthing, and write
merely to request you will send that idle scoundrel Charles with
my horses immediately; tell him I am excessively provoked he has not made his appearance
before, or written to inform me of the cause of his delay, particularly as I supplied
him with money for his journey. On no pretext is he to postpone
his march one day longer,—and if, in obedience to the caprices of Mrs. B. (who, I presume, in again spreading desolation
through her little monarchy), he thinks proper to disregard my positive orders, I shall
not, in future, consider him as my servant. He must
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“P.S. I delegate to you the unpleasant task of despatching him on his journey—Mrs. B.’s orders to the contrary are not to be attended to; he is to proceed first to London, and then to Worthing, without delay. Every thing I have left must be sent to London. My Poetics you will pack up for the same place, and not even reserve a copy for yourself and sister, as I am about to give them an entire new form: when they are complete, you shall have the 1st fruits. Mrs. B. on no account is to see or touch them. Adieu.”
