I told him to direct his letters to your house; but I regret to find that the handbill which so frightened me from my propriety is the only notice he has deigned to take of my whereabout.
I shall write to him therefore again, begging him to let me enter the army.

It is not a profession I much fancy; but what then! I shall be my own master." "Very well said!" answered Saville; "and here I hope I can serve you.

If your father will pay the lawful sum for a commission in the Guards, why, I think I have interest to get you in for that sum alone--no trifling favour." Godolphin was enchanted at this proposal, and instantly wrote to his father, urging it strongly upon him; Saville, in a separate epistle, seconded the motion.

"You see," wrote the latter, "you see, my dear sir, that your son is a wild, resolute scapegrace.

You can do nothing with him by schools and coercion: put him to discipline in the king's service, and condemn him to live on his pay.