CHAPTER III.

Hairdressing--Correspondence with Duchess of Portland (_passim_) --Sarah Robinson attacked by smallpox--Hayton Farm--A country squire--Handel--Dr. Middleton--Laurence Sterne--Duke of Portland’s letter--A brother’s tribute--Carthagena--The Westminster election --A South Sea lawsuit--Lord Oxford’s death--Panacea of bleeding--A one-horse chaise--A Windsor hatter--Lord Sandwich’s marriage--Ducal baths--Domestic service--Cibber’s Life--Peg Woffington--Dowager Duchess of Marlborough--Revolution in Russia--New Year’s Day--Lord George Bentinck--Northfleet Fair--Sir R. Walpole--Duchess of Norfolk’s masquerade--Sir Hans Sloane--A House of Lords debate --The Opera--Garrick 63–107