Faraday to Benjamin Abbott   13 September 1815

RI Wednesday. 13th. Sept 1815.

Dear Abbott

French with me is out of the question at present so you must be content for a while to double your own portion[.] I can hardly find time to write english[.] Had you come last night you must have been content with the laboratory for I did not leave it (& could not) ‘till 9h.30m. I fancy therefore you were better where you were and what with the “jeune Demoiselle” & the music must have been better pleased there than you could be with me[.] However tomorrow evening if you have nothing else to do & will condescend to visit Albemarle St (which by the bye you have not done lately) no one will be more glad to see you (excepting your sweetheart) than

Your Friend | M. Faraday

“Jeune” I am half afraid of the word for if you like it it is possible the essay may never advance any farther.