He may not improbably be our companion in Wales next year.

At the end of this month he goes, with his family, to the Isle of Man for sea-air; and said, if I would accompany him, and put off the Welsh tour for another year, he would join our party.

Notwithstanding the inducement, I could not bring myself to consent; but as things now are, I shall remind him of the hope he held out.
Believe me, very faithfully, yours, WM.

WORDSWORTH.
There is no probability of my being in town this season.

I have a horror of smoking; and nothing but a necessity for health's sake could reconcile me to it in William.[74] [74] _Memoirs_, ii.