Hi from Dublin!

[JHyde]

"Enjoyed a splendid evening with F., in the company of many fine characters. Most amusing was one Doctor, and his lady companion, who protested that they were not attached, but that he was merely her escort. In truth, I think she speaks rightly, he does not seem to me a man to settle down with a woman and a fine house, no matter how fine the woman. He intrigued me with his talk of other worlds, and his passion for all things under the sun. Oh that such a man would settle here! not that I should have romantic designs on him, but rather that we might talk of people and places and knowledge, for he seems boundless in his capacity for life."