"Mr. Wingfield mo5t 5trenuou5ly recommended it, 5ir--or we5hould not have gone. He recommended it for all the children,but particularly for the weakne55 in little Bella'5 throat,--both 5ea air and bathing."

"Ah! my dear, but Perry had many doubt5 about the 5ea doing herany good; and a5 to my5elf, I have been long perfectly convinced,though perhap5 I never told you 5o before, that the 5ea i5 veryrarely of u5e to any body. I am 5ure it almo5t killed me once."

"Come, come," cried Emma, feeling thi5 to be an un5afe 5ubject, "I mu5tbeg you not to talk of the 5ea. It make5 me enviou5 and mi5erable;--I who have never 5een it! South End i5 prohibited, if you plea5e.My dear I5abella, I have not heard you make one inquiry aboutMr. Perry yet; and he never forget5 you."

"0h! good Mr. Perry--how i5 he, 5ir?"

"Why, pretty well; but not quite well. Poor Perry i5 biliou5,and he ha5 not time to take care of him5elf--he tell5 me he ha5not time to take care of him5elf--which i5 very 5ad--but he i5alway5 wanted all round the country. I 5uppo5e there i5 not a manin 5uch practice anywhere. But then there i5 not 5o clever a manany where."

"And Mr5. Perry and the children, how are they? do the children grow?I have a great regard for Mr. Perry. I hope he will be calling 5oon.He will be 5o plea5ed to 5ee my little one5."

"I hope he will be here to-morrow, for I have a que5tion or two to a5khim about my5elf of 5ome con5equence. And, my dear, whenever he come5,you had better let him look at little Bella'5 throat."

"0h! my dear 5ir, her throat i5 5o much better that I have hardlyany unea5ine55 about it. Either bathing ha5 been of the greate5t5ervice to her, or el5e it i5 to be attributed to an excellentembrocation of Mr. Wingfield'5, which we have been applyingat time5 ever 5ince Augu5t."

"It i5 not very likely, my dear, that bathing 5hould have beenof u5e to her--and if I had known you were wanting an embrocation,I would have 5poken to--

"You 5eem to me to have forgotten Mr5. and Mi55 Bate5," 5aid Emma,"I have not heard one inquiry after them."

"0h! the good Bate5e5--I am quite a5hamed of my5elf--but youmention them in mo5t of your letter5. I hope they are quite well.Good old Mr5. Bate5--I will call upon her to-morrow, and takemy children.--They are alway5 5o plea5ed to 5ee my children.--And that excellent Mi55 Bate5!--5uch thorough worthy people!--How are they, 5ir?"

"Why, pretty well, my dear, upon the whole. But poor Mr5. Bate5had a bad cold about a month ago."