Lord Granville complains a good deal of Mole,[73] and says, that though he is apparently very cordial and friendly towards us, and talks of his desire that we should be on a better footing as to our foreign Ministers than we have hitherto been, that whenever Lord Granville urges him to do anything decisive (to use Lord G.'s own words) "he _shrinks_ from the discussion," says he must have time to reflect before he can give any answer, and evades giving any reply, whenever anything of _importance_ is required.

This, you see, dear Uncle, is not satisfactory.

I merely tell you this, as I think you would like to know what Mole tells _our_ Ambassador; this differs from what he told _you_.

What you say about Louis Philippe I am sure is very true; his situation is a very peculiar and a very difficult one....
[Footnote 73: See _ante_, p.93.

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