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degree of fever on Him & which may have put Him out of sorts – Dr. John Willis said He has not been quite so well yesterday, as He had been for some preceding days Another circumstance has also come to my knowledge & to which part of the tale unwelcome variations may be attributed – Princess Mary told Mr. Charles Hawkins this day that The King saw Mr Smelt yesterday at his House near The Exotic Garden – & that He had afterwards walked with Him in Richmond Gardens – Few People in his undisturbed days have been in more favor or more Interesting to H. My. than Mr Smelt – Might not such interview at this time, have occasioned a degree of agitation? I have found, that possibly this has not been the first – Mr. Smelt has been very often in this House since the King's illness; – He has kept from [[underline]] our [[/underline]] Room but has been very often in Doctor Willis's Room, & He sees many in this House very frequently & all are glad to see Him, from his aimiable manners – Still there has been management & reserve in his Vists to the House, hitherto – This day Mr. Smelt introduced Mr. Bryant author of the ^ [[addition]] Book of [[/addition]] Ancient Mythology to Doctor Willis, with whom He requested He might shake hands in Expression of his high regard, " [[underline]] for the Great Recovery [[/underline]] " He had so happily brought about – Mr. Pitt was here this day – The Queen saw Him –