honoured; but as I don't choose to keep so much cash by me, in a
common lodging house, I have deposited 250l. in the bank of Bath,
and shall take their bills for it in London, when I leave this
place, where the season draws to an end -- You must know, that now
being a-foot, I am resolved to give Liddy a glimpse of London.
She is one of the best hearted creatures I ever knew, and gains
upon my affection every day -- As for Tabby, I have dropt such
hints to the Irish baronet, concerning her fortune, as, I make no
doubt, will cool the ardour of his addresses. Then her pride will
take the alarm; and the rancour of stale maidenhood being chafed,
we shall hear nothing but slander and abuse of Sir Ulic
Mackilligut -- This rupture, I foresee, will facilitate our
departure from Bath; where, at present, Tabby seems to enjoy
herself with peculiar satisfaction. For my part, I detest it so
much, that I should not have been able to stay so long in the
place if I had not discovered some old friends; whose
conversation alleviates my disgust -- Going to the coffeehouse one
forenoon, I could not help contemplating the company, with equal
surprize and compassion -- We consisted of thirteen individuals;
seven lamed by the gout, rheumatism, or palsy; three maimed by
accident; and the rest either deaf or blind. One hobbled, another
hopped, a third dragged his legs after him like a wounded snake,
a fourth straddled betwixt a pair of long crutches, like the
mummy of a felon hanging in chains; a fifth was bent into a
horizontal position, like a mounted telescope, shoved in by a
couple of chairmen; and a sixth was the bust of a man, set
upright in a wheel machine, which the waiter moved from place to
place.

Being struck with some of their faces, I consulted the