In the third place, you must not, upon any account, stir either hand or foot.  If, by chance, a black pin runs into your head, you must not take it out.  If the pain is very great, you must be sure to bear it without wincing; if it brings the tears into your eyes, you must not wipe them off; if they give you a tingling by running down your cheeks, you must look as if nothing was the matter.  If the blood should gush from your head by means of the black pin, you must let it gush; if you are uneasy to think of making such a blurred appearance, you must be uneasy, but you must say nothing about it.  If, however, the agony is very great, you may, privately, bite the inside of your cheek, or of your lips, for a little relief; taking care, meanwhile, to do it so cautiously as to make no apparent dent outwardly.  And, with that precaution, if you even gnaw a piece out, it will not be minded, only be sure either to swallow it, or commit it to a corner of the inside of your mouth till they are gone- for you must not spit.

I have many other directions but no more paper; I will endeavour, however, to have them ready for you in time.  Perbaps, meanwhile, you would be glad to know if I have myself had opportunity to put in practice these receipts?

Dr. Burney is disappointed of A place.

Sunday, May 21, 1786.-I have now quite a new business to write upon.  Late on Saturday night news reached my father of the death of the worthy Mr. Stanley, who has been long in a declining state of health.  His place of master of the king’s band my dear father had been promised formerly. 324

Now he was once more to apply for it; and early on Sunday morning he went to Mr. Smelt, to beg his advice what way to proceed.

just as I was at the door, and going to church, my father returned, and desired me to come back, as he had something to communicate to me.  Mr. Smelt, he then told me, had counselled him to go instantly to Windsor, not to address the king, but to be seen by him.  “Take your daughter,” he said, “in your hand, and walk upon the Terrace.  The king’s seeing you at this time he will understand, and he is more likely to be touched by a hint of that delicate sort than by any direct application.”

My father determined implicitly to follow this advice.  But let me not omit a singular little circumstance, which much enlivened and encouraged our expedition.  While I was changing my dress for the journey, I received a letter from Miss Port, which was sent by a private hand, and ought to have arrived sooner, and which pressed my visit to my dear Mrs. Delany very warmly, and told me it was by the queen’s express wish.  This gave me great spirits for my dear father’s enterprise, and I was able to help him on the road, from so favourable a symptom.

When we got to Windsor, my father saw me safe to Mrs. Delany’s, and then went himself to Dr. Lind’s.  With what joy did I fly into the dear, open arms of this most venerable of women !  Her reception had all the warm liveliness of pleasant surprise, added to its unfailing kindness.