As the poet says, Oh! rather would I see this day My little Nancy well and merry Than the blue riband of Earl Grey, Or the blue stockings of Miss Berry.
Margaret tells us that you are better, and better, and better.

I want to hear that you are well.

At all events our Scotch tour will set you up.
I hope, for the sake of the tour, that we shall keep our places; but I firmly believe that, before many days have passed, a desperate attempt will be made in the House of Lords to turn us out.

If we stand the shock, we shall be firmer than ever.

I am not without anxiety as to the result; yet I believe that Lord Grey understands the position in which he is placed, and, as for the King, he will not forget his last blunder, I will answer for it, even if he should live to the age of his father.
[This "last blunder" was the refusal of the King to stand by his Ministers in May 1832.