Sunday night 30 Aug 78
What can I say my dear brother in reply to your
lett.^r - but [illeg] for the L20 ? you want, and shall
have it while I have [illeg] for L20 any where -
but pardon me for saying you ought not to have
been chagrined or Disappointed, because you ought not to
have flattered yourself with so uncertain a hope - if you
were a spendthrift or extravagant as I am, thus would be of
the same piece, but as you in smart things a sensible
cool and cautious man - I own ‘[?and]’ wonder you play so high -
perhaps you will say this is the best reason why you
should - for my own part I have a slight partiality for
the well meaning the spendthrift fellows, and if I had money
of my own, would administer to your follies (if you had any)
sooner than you should want - at present I am more behind
hand than ever and was meditating upon it when I read your
last - however I hope by ‘[?Cmas]’ to come tolerably clean out
and do no extravagant thing tile then - I know not how it
is but all my effort to ‘[?pace]’ are to no purpose so that
I fear next summer will be no summer of ‘[illeg]’ for me
any more than this - ‘[illeg]’ how ‘[illeg]’ ‘[?amenably]’

this poverty reconcile the heat of London - If I had the
pieces ‘underlined’ I should have been ‘[illeg]’ before this with ‘[illeg]’
and vexation - so it is, a ‘[illeg]’ of ‘[illeg]’ recover my speech;
what luxury to bathe by moonlight in the Thames!
How refreshing the air of ‘[illeg]’ - How sweet the
cows of Islington! - and no ye ‘[?suburbian] relaxation
How thoroughly does the opulent ‘[illeg]’ despise you - yes -
I have felt the insolence of riches, and the proud thoughts
which 20 new guineas in the month of July impose -
and now I know not but I may soon be reduced to meet
pleasure in a ‘[?shettle]’ ground - admire the Dog & Duck -
and go once more to Vauxhall -
- To be serious again - To ask Mr ‘[illeg]’ what he thought
sufficient would not be the way to have it settled to your
liking - I had rather it were left to W ‘[illeg]’ - and to
talk to Mr Long about settling, ‘[?just]’ often you have ‘underlined’ settled,
would not I believe so - I think the reason he did not
offer to pay them was because he supposed you meant his ‘[illeg]’ as

the other were to be half yearly, - I will then fore tell
- him it will accommodate you to draw for ‘[?£20 the illeg]’
and divine his ‘[illeg]’ to advance you - this he can have
an objection to I think so the money I have of his in
my hands is not much more and I should not make
any perk payments till I settled the accounts -
if he does, I have the same reasons with the ‘[illeg]’
who will not I am sure refuse me - I have already
‘[illeg] Mr ‘[illeg]’ to advance me £8.00 on a draft of Lucas’s
which advanced him til Michl or he could not
have gone out of Town ‘and having>’ a shilling in his pocket
- upon the whole Draw - and trust me now to the
chapter of chance -
- I have been to Mr Cumberland’s to day, but out of Town
‘[illeg]’ I left a note and a ’ drawing with a request for
from him she has been ill - from there to see Susan - who is
dying indeed - but John is better - I fear for Mary - gave
Mr ‘[illeg]’ a coach home and called to show I hate friends in
Fenchurch! saw the child ‘[illeg]’, and am come home to write this -
tell my mother she shall have a long lettr soon, in the mean time I
remain as usual again sincere friend G Cumberland

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