It was easy for the Secretary of State to suggest that at least one reason for the recall was that Montagu must be anxious to return, but that certainly could not have deceived the Ambassador who was, indeed, so little anxious to get home that he remained at Constantinople until the following June.

Likewise, the statement that he would be able to promote the King's service in Parliament, flattering as it read, meant, of course, nothing at all.
Certainly, though Montagu sat in the House of Commons until his death, office was never offered him in any Administration.
Lady Mary found herself again with child.

Whether this pleased her or not no one can say, but in a letter to Mrs.Thistlethwayte she treated the incident divertingly enough.
"I wish I could return your goodness with some diverting accounts from hence.

But I know not what part of the scenes here would gratify your curiosity, or whether you have any curiosity at all for things so far distant.

To say the truth, I am, at this present writing, not very much turned for the recollection of what is diverting, my head being wholly filled with the preparations necessary for the increase of my family, which I expect every day.