4075. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 27 October 1823
Address: To/ G. C. Bedford Esqre/Post Office/ Dover
Stamped: KESWICK/ 298
Postmark: E/ 30 OC 30/ 1823
Endorsements: 27. Octor. 1823.
MS: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Eng. lett. c. 26. ALS; 3p.
Unpublished.
I have received the four ten pound bills, & thank you for them. The Pension receipt
came under the same cover, & I have returned it according to your directions.
I am almost angry with you for not holyday making here instead of where you are. We have had delightful weather for the last ten days, & had you been here, my departure should have been delayed as long as you could have stayed, & both you & Henry & Miss Page would have laid in more health & spirits & enjoyment than the sea shore can supply.
If no ill hap intervene I shall reach the Doxtors on Saturday the 15th. We start on the 3d & my very inside seems to be unsettled at the thought. Me miserable!
a lobster cannot be more uncomfortable when he casts his shell, than I am at creeping out of mine. – My head quarters will be at Streatham whither I shall probably remove on the Tuesday after my arrival. The time of xxx our arrival is uncertain, because we shall come in the coach from Loughborough, & whether that may time its movements so as to carry us by day or by night is what I have no means of learning till I get to Cole Orton, my convenience would best be suited by getting into the coach in the afternoon & being landed in the morning. In the natural course of my proceedings you would be the first person I should look for; – upon the supposition that you do not arrive before Sunday evening I shall look for you on Monday at the [Southey inserts symbol]
God bless you
RS.
I have received an invitation to Limerick, to visit the Bishop. My answer will be “not till the next rebellion is over.”
Keswick. 27 Oct. 1823
