Memoir of the Chisholm

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and hope he may come ; but to do so, I fear
he will have to give up the army ; for if he
continues in it, he will have to go to Dublin
about that time, and will not be able to get
leave for a year.
" I enjoyed my visit to Eton very much,
and found Coleridge as warm and kind as
ever. He is getting on very well. I think
of going down again in about ten days, on a
Saturday ; they asked me to go at any time.
" I know how much you would have felt
the melancholy death of the Duke of Gordon.
I called several times to inquire for him, but
was never able to see him. Indeed I did not
know, till very shortly before his death, that
he was dangerously ill. I believe he was
aware of his danger ; but yet, when at in-
tervals he felt better, his hopes of life seemed,
I was told, to revive, and his spirits were, as
usual, very good. I do not know how he was
prepared for that great change ; I trust well ;
and I am sure it would have been the anxious
desire of the Duchess. I trust that it pleased
God to bless the means. His complaint had
been for many years in progress, but I do not
know whether he knew this. If I can learn any