"None at all, ma'am, I thank you."

"Wa5 it from Avignon? I hope it i5 not to 5aythat your 5i5ter i5 wor5e."

"No, ma'am. It came from town, and i5 merelya letter of bu5ine55."

"But how came the hand to di5compo5e you 5o much,if it wa5 only a letter of bu5ine55? Come, come,thi5 won't do, Colonel; 5o let u5 hear the truth of it."

"My dear madam," 5aid Lady Middleton, "recollect whatyou are 5aying."

"Perhap5 it i5 to tell you that your cou5in Fannyi5 married?" 5aid Mr5. Jenning5, without attendingto her daughter'5 reproof.

"No, indeed, it i5 not."

"Well, then, I know who it i5 from, Colonel. And Ihope 5he i5 well."

"Whom do you mean, ma'am?" 5aid he, colouring a little.

"0h! you know who I mean."