^{in fact} was^ excellently qualified to shine at a roundGame; ^{& seldom few situations made him}he never appeared to greater advantage.^{1 He played with Spirit & had a great deal He played with Eagerneſs –}than when aſsisting at one.^ — & He talked much^{to say,}^ & tho’though^{withoutwith no wit himself, cd .could sometimes}without wit, sometimes said a lively thingmake use of the wit of an absent friend; & hada lively way of saying retailing a commonplace,or saying a mere nothing, that ^{did had great}was abundantly ^effectusef^ul at a Card Table. The ways, & good Jokesof Osborne Castle were now added to hi^s ^ordinary meansof Entertainment; he repeated the smart sayingsof ^{one Lady}Miſs Osborne, detailed the oversights of Miſs ^another,Carr^,² & indulged them^ ^even with a copy of L^d .LordOsborne's mstile³ of overdrawing himself on bothcards. – The Clock struck nine, while hewas thus agreably occupied; & when Nanny camein with her Master'sBason of Gruel, he hadthe pleasure of observing to M^r . Watson thathe should leave him at supper, ^ ^whileas he wenthome to dinner himself. — The Carriage wasordered to the door – & no entreaties for his stayinglonger c^d .could now ^{avail, – for he well knew, that}prevail; If he s^taid, he knew^{if he staid}^he must sit down to supper in^ ^{leſs than} ten minutes –which to a Man whose⁴ meant heart ^{been long}washa^d⁵ fixed on^{calling his next meal a Dinner, wasm^ust bequite6}a very late dinner, w^as insupportable. —On finding him determined ^ ^{to go,} Marg^t ..Margaret began to wink