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companion of her son and the doctor ; for the lat-ter of whom, it was scandalously reported, shehad a more than ordinary attachment. How Tompassed through this journey, and what harvestof knowledge he reaped from travel, I could neverlearn ; although I have heard him declaim againstthe continent generally for its want of comfort andof medical talent; and once descant feelingly onthe insupportable heat of Naples and the infernalscorching 'sirocco which he felt at Nice. Tom,however, having become of age when on his tra-vels, her ladyship and the doctor contrived towheedle him out of twenty thousand pounds ; and,having united their destinies, Mr. and Mrs. Bolusremained behind at Naples; whilst their son re-turned to England with a young Scotch physi-cian, who was glad of an opportunity of beingfranked home. Tom had arrived ten days only,when I happened to meet him in Hyde Park.

It was towards the middle of May: the windwas blowing rather sharply from the north-east,when looking in at the window of a chariot, whichformed one of the line of vehicles that moved