a large fortune & will make great Settlementson me; but then he is very healthy. In shortI do not know what to do. If I refuse himhe as good as told me that he should offerhimself to Sophia & if she refused him to Geor--giana, & I could not bear to have either ofthem married before me. If I accept himI know I shall be miserable all the rest ofmy Life, for he is very ill tempered & peevishextremely jealous, & so stingy that there isno living in the house with him. He toldme he should mention the affair to Mama,but I insisted upon it that he did not forvery likely she would make me marry himwhether I would or no; however probably hehas before now, for he never does anythinghe is desired to do. I believe I shall havehim. It will be such a triumph to bemarried before Sophy, Georgiana & the Duttons;And he promised to have a new Carriageon the occasion, but we almost quarrelledabout the colour, for I insisted upon its beingblue spotted with silver, & he declared itshould be a plain Chocolate; & to provokeme more said it should be just as low as his