He mentions that her letter [about Priscilla] had depressed him, that he had seen her sister [Elizabeth Fry] and Ashley Cooper the previous day, and that the latter had advised continuance of the blister and mild measures, provided that the blister did not provoke a fever. He reports on their proceedings on behalf of the poor of Spitalfields, adding that he did not know when he would find time to prepare his speech for the meeting on it. (Memoir, p. 60.)