I have received your Kind Letter & am really ashamed of all the trouble I very unwary have putt you to by my Commission; the fate of which will be, un second tôme des Fables mouvants du Comte de Grammont., if not worse, that is if the Coat has not been seized, for want of a little Powder on the Cape, which was part of my Instructions to the Taylor. This fatal Denouement bids very fair to be the Solution of this problematick delay. Were the Trunk still at Paris, shall I trouble you my good sir, to have it opened before you & this little deceit done properly, without which mr. Grand’s coat must infallibly go to Pot. I glad my Brother has repaid you your little disbursements: Your Commands here will soon be executed, I hope & shall be glad to hear to your satifaction

I suppose the May fair & fair Lady & you are by this time locked up in each other’s arms & of course little or no hopes left of seing you here this summer

Adieu I must conclude for I am quite stupid & so little in writing humour that I should certainly not have ennuyed you to day had it not been for the chance I run of still overtaking the Coat at Paris & rescuing it from the fangs of the Custom House, which an other parcel of mine did not escape the other day

Adieu, my good sir, & believe me most truely yours affectionate friend & hble servt.