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hurt her Hand - so we had some of my favorite Irish Melodies and [[unclear]] Ballads | hurt her Hand - so we had some of my favorite Irish Melodies and [[unclear]] Ballads | ||
which we like better than any thing else. and then I played to amuse William every | which we like better than any thing else. and then I played to amuse William every | ||
| − | Paddy tune I could think of. | + | Paddy tune I could think of. O Connor O Cafferty - O Casey all this delighted |
| + | and as I had not played so much for Eleven Weeks I think it did me more good than | ||
| + | any thing I have done or taken since I was ill. I have not had any company yet for | ||
| + | the Weather has been so damp that Sir Henry has begged I will not dine to [[unclear]] till I | ||
| + | return from Brighton. My Sister Sophy is better but has suffered Martyrdom with | ||
| + | a fever in Her face. She feared it was the tic douloureux, but it was not. She has been | ||
| + | quite confined for six Weeks, which was a cruel deprivation to us both but last Friday | ||
| + | I went to see Her & thank God found Her better a great deal. Mary was ten days with | ||
| + | me. I screened out a little corner in my tiny habitation to give Her a bed & then She | ||
| + | had the front Drawing room to sit in; thats quite enough for a Contented Mind; I hope | ||
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and no Man was ever more attached to his Profession than He is. He goes to Portsmouth next Sunday and then on Monday on to Plymouth, where he is to present the Colours to the Division of Royal Marines in that Port in the Kings Name. Since last week I have begun to take up my Music again, and on thursday William dined with me, and though lady Mary Taylor was able to sing She could not play having hurt her Hand - so we had some of my favorite Irish Melodies and unclear Ballads which we like better than any thing else. and then I played to amuse William every Paddy tune I could think of. O Connor O Cafferty - O Casey all this delighted and as I had not played so much for Eleven Weeks I think it did me more good than any thing I have done or taken since I was ill. I have not had any company yet for the Weather has been so damp that Sir Henry has begged I will not dine to unclear till I return from Brighton. My Sister Sophy is better but has suffered Martyrdom with a fever in Her face. She feared it was the tic douloureux, but it was not. She has been quite confined for six Weeks, which was a cruel deprivation to us both but last Friday I went to see Her & thank God found Her better a great deal. Mary was ten days with me. I screened out a little corner in my tiny habitation to give Her a bed & then She had the front Drawing room to sit in; thats quite enough for a Contented Mind; I hope
