12 o'Clock1
                                                                Novbr. [------------]
My Drst. Friend!

     I have waited in anxious expectation all
day -- I had no note by ye. Cart -- I then flatterd
myself by|wth| hearing from yo. by some Servt. that
return'd wth. their Majesties -- after yt- -- I
hop'd to receive a few lines by some of ye ladies
in waiting who were to come down -- tomorrow
was ye. day fix'd for yor. going -- you were ill
very ill yesterday -- I cannot bear ye uncertainty
of suspence -- my Servt. is to set out as early
as it is light in ye. morng.[------------------]2

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1 The top corner of this page is torn away and part of the dateline is missing.

2 The bottom-right corner of this page is cut away.