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highest order, was by no means contemptible, but his manners were profligate and presuming; they alike provoked by indignation and disgust. I at length determined, during his stay in the country, to confine myself wholly to the house: but neither did this avail me; he forced himself upon Mr. Neville with an undaunted effrontery, breaking in upon our employments and recreations, till my friend, justly incensed, resolved to submit no longer to an intrusion thus unseasonable and impertinent. Upon his next visit, he signified to him in firm, but temperate language, that his company was welcome, that it was an interruption to the occupations of the family, that it was offensive to his guest, and that he must beg leave, in future, to decline
