TheHonourableThomasHerveyandhisladyhavingunhappilydisagreed，andbeingabouttoseparate，Johnsoninterferedastheirfriend，andwrotehimaletterofexpostulation，whichIhavenotbeenabletofind；butthesubstanceofitisascertainedbyalettertoJohnsoninanswertoit，whichMr。Herveyprinted。TheoccasionofthiscorrespondencebetweenDr。JohnsonandMr。Harvey，wasthusrelatedtomebyMr。Beauclerk。’TomHarveyhadagreatlikingforJohnson，andinhiswillhadlefthimalegacyoffiftypounds。Onedayhesaidtome，“Johnsonmaywantthismoneynow，morethanafterwards。Ihaveamindtogiveithimdirectly。Willyoubesogoodastocarryafiftypoundnotefrommetohim？“
ThisIpositivelyrefusedtodo，ashemight，perhaps，haveknockedmedownforinsultinghim，andhaveafterwardsputthenoteinhispocket。ButIsaid，ifHarveywouldwritehimaletter，andencloseafiftypoundnote，Ishouldtakecaretodeliverit。Heaccordinglydidwritehimaletter，mentioningthathewasonlypayingalegacyalittlesooner。Tohisletterheadded，“P。S。I
amgoingtopartwithmywife。“Johnsonthenwrotetohim，sayingnothingofthenote，butremonstratingwithhimagainstpartingwithhiswife。’
InFebruary，1767，therehappenedoneofthemostremarkableincidentsofJohnson’slife，whichgratifiedhismonarchicalenthusiasm，andwhichhelovedtorelatewithallitscircumstances，whenrequestedbyhisfriends。ThiswashisbeinghonouredbyaprivateconversationwithhisMajesty，inthelibraryattheQueen’shouse。Hehadfrequentlyvisitedthosesplendidroomsandnoblecollectionofbooks，whichheusedtosaywasmorenumerousandcuriousthanhesupposedanypersoncouldhavemadeinthetimewhichtheKinghademployed。Mr。Barnard，thelibrarian，tookcarethatheshouldhaveeveryaccommodationthatcouldcontributetohiseaseandconvenience，whileindulginghisliterarytasteinthatplace；sothathehadhereaveryagreeableresourceatleisurehours。
HisMajestyhavingbeeninformedofhisoccasionalvisits，waspleasedtosignifyadesirethatheshouldbetoldwhenDr。Johnsoncamenexttothelibrary。Accordingly，thenexttimethatJohnsondidcome，assoonashewasfairlyengagedwithabook，onwhich，whilehesatbythefire，heseemedquiteintent，Mr。BarnardstoleroundtotheapartmentwheretheKingwas，and，inobediencetohisMajesty’scommands，mentionedthatDr。Johnsonwastheninthelibrary。HisMajestysaidhewasatleisure，andwouldgotohim；