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Mrs.VernontoLadyDeCourcy.
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MydearMother,—IreturnyouReginald’sletter,andrejoicewithallmyheartthatmyfatherismadeeasybyit:tellhimso,withmycongratulationsbut,betweenourselves,Imustownithasonlyconvincedmeofmybrother’shavingnopresentintentionofmarryingLadySusan,notthatheisinnodangerofdoingsothreemonthshence.HegivesaveryplausibleaccountofherbehaviouratLangfordIwishitmaybetrue,buthisintelligencemustcomefromherself,andIamlessdisposedtobelieveitthantolamentthedegreeofintimacysubsistingbetweenthem,impliedbythediscussionofsuchasubject.Iamsorrytohaveincurredhisdispleasure,butcanexpectnothingbetterwhileheissoveryeagerinLadySusan’sjustification.Heisverysevereagainstmeindeed,andyetIhopeIhavenotbeenhastyinmyjudgmentofher.Poo
