For these reasons, I earnestly hope Mr.Heywood will not judge it improper to comply with my request, and shall wait with eager impatience the arrival of his next letter.

Think not, my dear Madam, that it is want of confidence in your care and attention which makes me solicitous to be with my beloved brother.

Be assured we are all as perfectly easy in that respect as if we were on the spot; but I am convinced you will pardon the dictates of an affection which an absence of five years, rendered still more painful by his sufferings, has heightened almost to a degree of adoration.

I shall, with your permission, take the liberty of enclosing a letter to my brother, which I leave open for perusal, and at the same time request your pardon for mentioning you to him in such terms as I am apprehensive will wound the delicacy which ever accompanies generosity like yours; but indeed, my dearest Madam, I cannot, must not, suffer my beloved boy to remain in ignorance of that worth and excellence which has prompted you to become his kind protectress.
'I have the honour to be, with every sentiment of gratitude, &c., &c, &c, 'NESSY HEYWOOD.' Among the numerous friends that interested themselves in the fate of this unhappy youth, was his uncle, Colonel Holwell.

The testimony he bears to his excellent character is corroborated by all who knew him while a boy at home.