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(Papendich) he was not so well pleased, having for a moment given way to his irritability & struck him. On the whole however his conversation was less deranged & his behaviour less prone to violence-- Before he went to bed he varied the amusements of the Evening & from Backgammon he set down to Piquet & He played a few games with Mr Charles Hawkins, & He got credit for drawing out his cards tolerably well This night Mr Pitt wrote to Doctor Willis by a messenger & received an answer by the same-- [[underline]] Friday Janry. 2d [[/underline]] This morning on my going down I'd make my usual Enquiries after His Majesty I had the pleasure of hearing, that he had passed a quiet & a good night & that he had had 5 hours of comfortable sleep. When Doctor Warren arrived for this was the morning of his attendance in turn/ He saw the King, & he afterwards met the rest of the Physicians to consider as to the bulletin of the day. When finished it was given to General Gordon (the Groom of HM Bedchamber then in waiting) who carried it to the Queen for her inspection. What this bulletin was I know not as I did not see it then. When General Gordon returned from the Queen's apartment I found that she had wished an alteration, & that the physicians would insert [[underline]] "that the King continued mending." [[/underline]] Doctor Warren said [[underline]] he could not see that things were [[/underline]]