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xxxiv PHILIP<br />

intrude upon the poor man's brief interval of quiet. He will have<br />

troubles enough in that thorn-cushioned editorial chair, which<br />

is forwarded to him this day by the Parcels (Happy) Delivery<br />

Company.<br />

"In our first number, ladies and gentlemen, I, your humble<br />

servant, likened himself to the captain of a ship, to whom I wished<br />

THACKERAY'S HOUSE AT 2 PALACE GREEN, KENSINGTON.<br />

board know what a careworn, oppressed, uncomfortable man the<br />

captain is. Meals disturbed, quiet impossible, rest interrupted—<br />

such is the lot of captains. ..."<br />

In this same spring we moved from Onslow Square to the new<br />

house in Kensington.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is a note to Mr. George Smith, dated March 8, 1860 :—<br />

" I have taken at last the house on Kensington Palace Green, in<br />

which I hope the history of Queen Anne will be written by yours<br />

always, W. M. T."

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