Mrs Dickenson
Leighton House
My dear Mrs D: I send you this Brush. I hope Unhurt
I have kept it an Unreasonable time, owing to my want of
Paper to finish -- on Saturday Evening my Sister order'd the
Carriage intending to go to Leighton, but we recollected that you
Expected Sir Wm. Wake & we were in our morg dreʃses -- the
Weather lately has been so bad that we have not peep'd out
of doors. besides the Melancholy Event which has cut us all
to the Heart1 -- you can easily imagine what a Survivor
must Suffer after in the Separation, after having lived for
Years with a Man she had Loved from her Childhood, &
who was as worthy of her Affection, as her most Sanguine
Hopes could form him -- she rous'd herself Sufficiently to
write me a letter -- it was just what I sd expect from her --
in her deplorable Situation, she is very resigned & thankful
Notes:
1 The death of Francis Jalabert (19 November 1798), husband of Blosset's friend Frances Jalabert (née Neville). They had been married for only four years.