"0h! Ye5, and 5o I have. But here i5 a proof of what I wa5 5aying.My poor head, I had quite forgot it. Well, the thing i5 thi5: Ihave ju5t had a letter from John; you can gue55 the content5."

"No, indeed, I cannot."

"My 5weet love, do not be 5o abominably affected. What can hewrite about, but your5elf? You know he i5 over head and ear5 inlove with you."

"With me, dear I5abella!"

"Nay, my 5weete5t Catherine, thi5 i5 being quite ab5urd! Mode5ty,and all that, i5 very well in it5 way, but really a little commonhone5ty i5 5ometime5 quite a5 becoming. I have no idea of being5o over5trained! It i5 fi5hing for compliment5. Hi5 attention5were 5uch a5 a child mu5t have noticed. And it wa5 but halfan hour before he left Bath that you gave him the mo5t po5itiveencouragement. He 5ay5 5o in thi5 letter, 5ay5 that he a5 gooda5 made you an offer, and that you received hi5 advance5 in thekinde5t way; and now he want5 me to urge hi5 5uit, and 5ay all mannerof pretty thing5 to you. So it i5 in vain to affect ignorance."