Chapter CXXIV: Letter CXXII: To D. B----E, Esq

Dec. 30, 1779.

HONOURED SIR,

PERMIT me to thank you--which I do most sincerely--for the kindness and good-will you are pleased to honour me with.--Believe me, dear Sir, I was better pleased with the gracious and soothing manner of your refusal--than I have been in former times with obligations less graciously conferred.--I should regret the trouble I have given you--but that my heart feels a comfort, and my pride a gratification, from the reflection, that I am cared for--and not unnoticed--by a gentleman of the first worth and highest character. I am dear Sir, with profound respect and gratitude,

Your most obliged
and humble servant,

I. SANCHO.