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for Me_ I had been writing & having left the Paper on the Table He saw it & asked who had been writing there. The King was out this day, altogether between 3 & 4 hours; He was quiet & orderly but talked incessantly. In the Evening He Expressed a Wish to see the Queen & PFs. Sophia_ on this Dr. Willis went to see Her Majesty who came down immediately with Princess Sophia_ He behaved with propriety, played at Picquet with the Queen & talked & laughed much. He desired PFs. Sophia to read part of Handel to Him_ This Visit lasted about an hour_ There are now in The House Nine attendants or Keepers_ The new System now is, that there should always be three of these in H.My. room in the day time, in order that one may be spared to go [[unclear]] & thus consistently leaving Two with Him_ at night Two, & In the Antiroom one Page constantly. H:My: soon got familiar to these new faces, calls them by their names already, & for some of Them He finds likenesses_ He has been amused with one of them who came on the recommendation of The Bishop of Salisbury (Douglas/ having found out in Him a likeness to Colonel Conway. [[underline]] Monday Feb.ry 2nd [[/underline]] The Past night has been reported a good one, & that H: My. was quiet this morning. He walked out twice this day & in his Two Walks