LETTER 239

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“TheWorksofCharlesandMaryLamb—Volume5（.shg.tw）”

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LETTER239

CHARLESLAMBTODOROTHYWORDSWORTH（Sameletter.）

DearMissWordsworth，Hereweare，transplantedfromournativesoil.IthoughtwenevercouldhavebeentornupfromtheTemple.Indeeditwasanuglywrench，butlikeatooth，nowtisoutandIameasy.Wenevercanstrikerootsodeepinanyotherground.This，whereweare，isalightbitofgardenersmold，andiftheytakeusupfromit，itwillcostnobloodandgroanslikemandrakespulldup.WeareintheindividualspotIlikebestinallthisgreatcity.Thetheatreswithall[afewwordscutaway:Talfourdhas"

theirnoises.ConventGarden"

]dearertomethananygardensofAlcinous，wherewearemorallysureoftheearliestpeasandsparagus.BowStreet，wherethethievesareexamined，withinafewyardsofus.MaryhadnotbeenherefourandtwentyhoursbeforeshesawaThief.Shesitsatthewindowworking，andcasuallythrowingouthereyes，sheseesaconcourseofpeopleingthisway，withaconstabletoconductthesolemnity.Theselittleincidentsagreeablydiversifyafemalelife.Itisadelicatesubject，butisMr.***reallymarried?andhashefoundagargletohismind?Ohowfunnyhedidtalktomeabouther，intermsofsuchmildquietwhisperingspeculativeprofligacy.Butdidtheanimalculeandshecrawlovertherubrictogether，ordidtheynot?Maryhasbroughtherpartofthislettertoanorthodoxandlovingconclusion，whichisverywell，forIhavenoroomforpansiesandremembrances.WhataniceholydayIgotonWednesdaybyfavorofaprincessdying.[Alineandsignaturecutaway.]

[TheLambshouseinRussellStreetisnow（1912）afruiterers:ithasbeenrebuilt.RussellStreet，CoventGarden，inthosedayswasdividedintoGreatRussellStreet（fromtheMarkettoBrydgesStreet，nowCatherineStreet）andLittleRussellStreet，（fromBrydgesStreettoDruryLane）.Thebrazier，orironmonger，wasMr.Owen，Nos.20and21.

TheWordsworthshadmovedtoRydalMountin1813.

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IamverysorryforMr.DeQuincey."

Probablyareferencetooneoftheopium-eatersillnesses.

ItwasatLittlehamptonthatColeridgemetHenryFrancisCary，thetranslatorofDante，afterwardsoneofLambsfriends.

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SpotIlikebestinallthisgreatcity."

SeeVol.I.ofthisedition，foralittleessaybyLambonplacesofresidenceinLondon.

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Mr.***."

Onecanbutconjectureastotheseasterisks.DeQuincey，whowasverysmall，marriedatthecloseof1816.

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Aprincessdying"

—PrincessCharlotteofSaxe-Coburg.Shewasburied，amidnationallamentation，onNovember19，1817.

HereshouldealetterfromLambtoAyrtondatedNovember25，1817，whichLambholdsispeculiarlyneatlyworded.]

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