CHAPTER II.

Correspondence with Duchess of Portland (_passim_)--Sir Robert Austin--The goat story--The Freinds--Country beaux--Thomas Robinson, barrister--Lady Wallingford--Duke of Portland’s letter--A coach adventure--Influenza--Smallpox--Cottage life--Bath--Lord Noel Somerset--Dowager Duchess of Norfolk--Frost Fair on the Thames--The plunge bath--“Long” Sir Thomas Robinson--Lord Wallingford’s death --The menagerie at Bullstrode--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu--Princess Mary of Hesse--Monkey Island--Lydia Botham--Mrs. Pendarves--Lord Oxford--Admiral Vernon--Anne Donnellan--Charlemagne--Dr. Young’s _Night Thoughts_--Duchess of Kent--Mr. Achard 26–62