Anna Beddoes to Davies Giddy, 30 January 1804 (copy)
Jany the 30th [1]
My very dear Davies, my sweet Friend, you have been greatly agitated, you have suffered, & I have been the wicked cause of it – is there any soft and gentle name more tender than an other? for by that I would call you — alas there is one – but it can never be pronounced by these lips – never, never – where are the lips that will glory in this enchanting name – where are the lips that will inhale your sweet kisses, where is the Bosom that will be pressed & loved as mine has been – is it warmed by a Heart that will beat time with all the varieties of your excellencies – oh God shew me this woman and I will give up all my happiness – I will tell you more – but not now – you are just come home — [2]
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Notes
[1] This date may have been added by Giddy, rather than having formed part of Anna’s original note.
[2] This note survives as a fair copy in Giddy’s hand. It is written on a sheet on which Giddy had copied a series of similarly short notes dated 24 Jan 1804, evening of the 24 Jan 1804, 25 Jan 1805, 26 Jan 1804, 30 Jan 1804, 31 Jan 1804 (two notes), 1 Feb 1804, 7 Feb 1808. Towards the end of this document Giddy writes ‘The originals of these notes were some written in Ink others with Pencil on bits of paper & are all burnt — ʼ.