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Worthing Dec. 20. 1829

My Dear Lord Arran

                           I am quite ashamed at your

kind letter having remained so long unanswered it was put aside to be attended to on the same day I had the pleasure of receiving it -- and Somebody came in, when I neglected placing it underline where it ought /underline to have been -- and I sought for it like a underline Needle in a Bundle of Hay -- not a new but a true unclear /underline in the shape of an ^ addition old /addition underline Adage /underline -- I send you what I hope may be of use to the Person under stress I wish I could send you underline more, /underline but there are poor underline here /underline -- and my underline own Dear Poor at home /underline & my underline Poor own self must be honest, underline foreign: French cela va sans dire /foreign /underline and underline the Dear Arrans know, /underline that I say what underline I really feel, /underline that underline "the Sky is my Parish" /underline as underline I once said /underline to a very underline narrow Minded /underline Clergyman at underline Windsor. /underline

underline We /underline are not very beautifull today, underline bespattered with underline Snow /underline in underline dabs and patches /underline -- I hope it will underline all be gone tomorrow as /underline