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BEP(F.762.031
2 Aug 1762:11,12 (1404)
[Letter from correspondent] You will not be at all
surprised when I tell you that I have had very ill luck in
the lottery; but you will stare when I further tell you, it
is because I have got a considerable prize in it. . . [When
his friends and wife find out they begin spending his money;
wife claims it as hers] [11, 3d para., line 14] And now the
misfortunes arising from by good fortune, began to pour in
thick upon me. In consequence of the information given in
the news-papers, we were no sooner sat down to breakfast,
than we were complimented with a rat-a tattoo from the
drums, as if we had been just married; after these had been
silenced by the usual method, another band of music saluted
us with a peal from the marrow bones and cleavers, to the
same tune. I was harassed the whole day with petitions from
the hospital boys that drew the ticket, commissioners clerks
that wrote down the ticket,. . .
My wife, in the mean time, you may be sure, was not idle
in contriving how to dispose of this new acquisition. She
found out in the first place (according to the complaint of
most women ) that she had not a gown to her back, at least
not one fit for her now to appear in. Her wardrobe of linen
was no less deficient; and she discover'd several chasms in
her furniture, especially in the articles of plate and
china. She is also determined to see a little pleasure, as
she calls it, and has actually made a party to go to the
next opera.
. . . [signed] Jeoffrey Chance. . . [2 more lines]
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