. The Houblon family, its story and times. he squire and his family were in London when the regi-ments were called out, andJacobs sudden departure withhis brother left his wife verylow and miserable. That hersister had for some time madeher home with the Houblons,probably greatly relieved thesquires mind, for not onlywas Susanna expecting an-other child, but she hadbeen fretting greatly over theestrangement from her father,and the strano-e alterationin his character and the excitement andalarm everywhere exhibited,together with grief and annoyance, were too much forpoor Susanna,
. The Houblon family, its story and times. he squire and his family were in London when the regi-ments were called out, andJacobs sudden departure withhis brother left his wife verylow and miserable. That hersister had for some time madeher home with the Houblons,probably greatly relieved thesquires mind, for not onlywas Susanna expecting an-other child, but she hadbeen fretting greatly over theestrangement from her father,and the strano-e alterationin his character and the excitement andalarm everywhere exhibited,together with grief and annoyance, were too much forpoor Susanna, and very soon after the squires departure,Charlotte wrote to him announcing a mishap whichhad occurred. Her entreaties that he would at oncecome to her sister were not likely to have been com-pHed with ; for other letters show the bustle and businessat the camp at Cocksheath to have been very anxiety that her husband should not attributewhat had occurred to any neglect on her part leads one to Annual Register, 1778, p. Charlotte Archer. GENTLEMEN OF THE MILITIA 169 think that her naturally quick temper and wilful disposi-tion had not met the chanofe in their circumstances withovermuch philosophy! Indeed the good-temperedCharlotte, while confusedly urging the squires return,assuring him her sister was pure well and generallymaking excuses all round, attributes all misfortunes to the vast depression of spirits Susanna had labouredunder, and which you yourself have been a frequentwitness of. Mrs. Houblon appears to have soon recovered herhealth and spirits, and the following month we hear ofher and Charlotte visiting the camp at Cocksheath, whichseems to have attracted a largfe number of visitors andspectators to view it, and to witness the exercises andfield-days with the troops, of which some 15,000 wereencamped there. An almost childish pleasure in themilitary exhibition furnished by the numerous campsplanted about the country, had succeeded the generalalar
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