All These Were Insurmountable
Objections To Me, Who Am In Such A Bad State Of Health, Troubled
With An Asthmatic Cough, Spitting, Slow Fever, And Restlessness,
Which Demands A Continual Change Of Place, As Well As Free Air,
And Room For Motion.
I was this day visited by two young
gentlemen, sons of Mr. Guastaldi, late minister from Genoa at
London.
I had seen them at Paris, at the house of the dutchess of
Douglas. They came hither, with their conductor, in the
diligence, and assured me, that nothing could be more
disagreeable than their situation in that carriage.
Another way of travelling in this country is to hire a coach and
four horses; and this method I was inclined to take: but when I
went to the bureau, where alone these voitures are to be had, I
was given to understand, that it would cost me six-and-twenty
guineas, and travel so slow that I should be ten days upon the
road. These carriages are let by the same persons who farm the
diligence; and for this they have an exclusive privilege, which
makes them very saucy and insolent. When I mentioned my servant,
they gave me to understand, that I must pay two loui'dores more
for his seat upon the coach box. As I could not relish these
terms, nor brook the thoughts of being so long upon the road, I
had recourse to the third method, which is going post.
In England you know I should have had nothing to do, but to hire
a couple of post-chaises from stage to stage, with two horses in
each; but here the case is quite otherwise.
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