She must sit by him at dinner to cut his meat, and he carries her pocket-handkerchief.

He is a gig from ribands, orders and stars, but he is just the same with us as ever he was;" and she mentions his outspoken gratitude to Minto for the substantial service he had done him, and the guidance he had imparted to his political thought,--an acknowledgment he frequently renewed up to the last days of his life.
Lady Minto's nephew, Lord Fitzharris, the son of the Earl of Malmesbury, was then in Vienna, apparently as an attache.

He speaks in the same way of Nelson himself, but with less forbearance for Lady Hamilton; and he confirms the impression that Nelson at this time had lost interest in the service.

Writing to his father, he says: "Nelson personally is not changed; open and honest, not the least vanity about him.

He looks very well, but seems to be in no hurry to sail again.