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Kew House Oct 27th 1818. My Dearest Brother As I understand from General Taylor that you do not come to Kew this Evening I feel it my Duty as much as my inclination to acquaint you with what passed between the Queen and myself this morning. As soon as I came into Her room She held out Her Hand and cried a [[underline]] little [[/underline]] but with a sort of [[underline]] catch [[/underline]] which proceeded from difficulty in the [[underline]] flow of tears [[/underline]]. After telling me She had slept well, She said have you seen [[underline]] Taylor [[/underline]] I answered [[underline]] Yes [[/underline]] and would you like me to report to you [[underline]] what I said to Him [[/underline]], She said [[underline]] I should like it of all things [[/underline]] I then related it to Her and She [[unclear]] it was exactly what She had wished me to say. I then told Her that General Taylor thought it very natural for [[underline]] Herself [[/underline]] as [[underline]] any [[/underline]] person who had been ill for many Months to be anxious to know the [[underline]] real opinion of [[/underline]] the Physicians though She had every reason to be satisfied with them. That He had faithfully stated to them both what I had delivered to [[underline]] Him [[/underline]] at Her Command and that He had [[underline]] been [[/underline]] very much struck with the [[underline]] Candid [[/underline]] and handsome manner in which they had received the Communication - the reply they made General Taylor had written [[underline]] in a letter [[/underline]] to [[underline]] me [[/underline]] (as he had a bad headache and feared He should not be able to see me ). [[underline]] That [[/underline]] I could relate it to Her if She wished it - but it appeared to me, as more likely to do justice to their feelings - and integrity and more satisfactory to Herself if I read the letters to Her. She said My Dear you are quite right. I [[underline]] then [[/underline]] read the [[underline]] [[unclear]] [[/underline]] When I came to the conclusion She said - [[underline]] I had [[/underline]] not thought it would have come [[underline]] to this [[/underline]] but pray read it again and read it very [[underline]] slow. I did so. [[/underline]] and then She cried and said I had hoped to get better but nobody knows nor can know what I [[catchword]] suffer [[/catchword]]
