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This business kept him still in the country , where he and his partisans were busily collecting information . He had experienced my utility in the course of the election , he wished to enjoy the same advantage at present , and he and his committee likewise discovered that my evidence was essentially necessary . He therefore wrote me an apology , spoke in the handsomest terms he could recollect of the services I had done him , requested me to come down once more to aid him in his present attempt , and stated the points on which my future testimony would be useful . He further informed me that a gentleman of the law , whom he named , was to set off the morning after I should receive the letter , at ten o'clock , and come post ; and that he should be much obliged to me if I would take a seat in the same chaise . The letter was read in the committee room , as a matter of business ; and in this committee room Lord Idford had a secret agent , from whom he gained intelligence of all their proceedings that deserved notice . Desirous as I was of obliging the brother of Olivia , I made no hesitation to comply . The evening before I was to go down into ***** , I went to Mr. Hilary ; to acquaint him with the place of my destination , and the manner in which he might direct to me , if any thing new should occur .