J. P. Kemble letter, 1815 December 14

              My dear Sir, 

Without entering into a tedious history of the inconveniences to which my severe and long illness has thrown me with regard to my en-gagements in London and elsewhere, allow me to assure you, in a word, that if I could, have done otherwise, I would not have shortened the plea-sure, as well as the profit, I have from being in Dublin, by limiting the number of the nights of my performance. -I hope you will do me the justice to believe that, without the sma11est degree of ill-humour, 
it is necessity that obliges to confine my nights to sixteen in all; or to deprive myself of the pleasure of waiting on you this winter, in case my proposal cannot be made compatible with your interests, which I ought to consider as much 
as my own. Believe me, my dear Sir, that I shall be very sorry not to see you this season, -that I remember with many acknowledgements your many civilities and kindnesses to me, and that I continue