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In 1740 he was appointed to the vague-sounding office of Clerk of the Irons and Surveyor of the Meltings in the Mint, a sinecure which, after the manner of the time, required no personal attention from the holder. Even in those early days Selwyn, who went by the sobriquet of "Bosky," had many friends not only among college boys, but in London society.
Miss Levering suppressed the fact of how much, by a vague-sounding 'Y yes. 'Well, she sent for me to Oh, I suppose she was curious! 'Like me, said the other, smiling. 'She's a very great person in her county, and she said she sympathized with the movement only she didn't approve of our tactics, she said.
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