Walter Wilson to William Hone, 9 July, 1813

I am much obliged to you for your punctuality in attending to my note, at the same time I cannot avoid expressing my regret & vexation at seeing your name at the bottom of the bile you sent.² This is what you ought upon no occasion to do for any one, & it is not a little against my conscience that I make use of it. If it should please God to restore me to health, I mean to have some serious conversation with you upon that & other topics in which you are to blame. As the first step to reformation, let me exhort you to become a good christian, & to train up your little ones in the path that they should go. The weight of your charge with respect to them, not unfrequently occupies a place in my thoughts. I say these things as a friend.