"Charles is a butty and so good.
"Mr & Mrs Newton ar quite wall & desires to be remembered to
you."
I can throw no light on the meaning of the verb to "beslive." Each
letter in the MS. is so admirably formed that there can be no
question about the word being as I have given it. Nor have I been
able to discover what is referred to by the words "Charles is a
butty and so good." We shall presently meet with a Charles who
"flies in the Fier," but that Charles appears to have been in
London, whereas this one is evidently in Kent, or wherever the aunt
lived.
The next letter is from Mrs. Newton:--
"DER MISS ---, I Receve your Letter your Aunt is vary Ill and
Lowspireted I Donte think your Aunt wood Git up all Day if My
Sister Wasnot to Persage her We all Think hir lif is two
monopolous. you Wish to know Who Was Liveing With your Aunt.
that is My Sister and Willian --- and Cariline --- as Cock and
Old Poll Pepper is Come to Stay With her a Littel Wile and I
hoped [hopped] for Your Aunt, and Harry has Worked for your Aunt
all the Summer.
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