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LadyDeCourcytoMrs.Vernon.
MydearCatherine,—Ihavecharmingnewsforyou,andifIhadnotsentoffmyletterthismorningyoumighthavebeensparedthevexationofknowingofReginald’sbeinggonetoLondon,forheisreturned.Reginaldisreturned,nottoaskourconsenttohismarryingLadySusan,buttotellustheyarepartedforever.Hehasbeenonlyanhourinthehouse,andIhavenotbeenabletolearnparticulars,forheissoverylowthatIhavenotthehearttoaskquestions,butIhopeweshallsoonknowall.Thisisthemostjoyfulhourhehasevergivenussincethedayofhisbirth.Nothingiswantingbuttohaveyouhere,anditisourparticularwishandentreatythatyouwouldcometousassoonasyoucan.YouhaveowedusavisitmanylongweeksIhopenothingwillmakeitinconvenienttoMr.Vernonandpraybringallmygrand-childrenandyourdearnieceisincluded,ofcourseIlongtoseeher.Ithasbeenasad,heavywinterhitherto,withoutReginald,andseeingnobodyfromChurchhill.Ineverfoundtheseasonsodrearybeforebutthishappymeetingwillmakeusyoungagain.Fredericarunsmuchinmythoughts,andwhenReginaldhasrecoveredhisusualgoodspirits(asItrusthesoonwill)wewilltrytorobhimofhisheartoncemore,andIamfullofhopesofseeingtheirhandsjoinedatnogreatdistance.
Youraffectionatemother,
C.DECOURCY.
MydearCatherine,—Ihavecharmingnewsforyou,andifIhadnotsentoffmyletterthismorningyoumighthavebeensparedthevexationofknowingofReginald’sbeinggonetoLondon,forheisreturned.Reginaldisreturned,nottoaskourconsenttohismarryingLadySusan,buttotellustheyarepartedforever.Hehasbeenonlyanhourinthehouse,andIhavenotbeenabletolearnparticulars,forheissoverylowthatIhavenotthehearttoaskquestions,butIhopeweshallsoonknowall.Thisisthemostjoyfulhourhehasevergivenussincethedayofhisbirth.Nothingiswantingbuttohaveyouhere,anditisourparticularwishandentreatythatyouwouldcometousassoonasyoucan.YouhaveowedusavisitmanylongweeksIhopenothingwillmakeitinconvenienttoMr.Vernonandpraybringallmygrand-childrenandyourdearnieceisincluded,ofcourseIlongtoseeher.Ithasbeenasad,heavywinterhitherto,withoutReginald,andseeingnobodyfromChurchhill.Ineverfoundtheseasonsodrearybeforebutthishappymeetingwillmakeusyoungagain.Fredericarunsmuchinmythoughts,andwhenReginaldhasrecoveredhisusualgoodspirits(asItrusthesoonwill)wewilltrytorobhimofhisheartoncemore,andIamfullofhopesofseeingtheirhandsjoinedatnogreatdistance.
Youraffectionatemother,
C.DECOURCY.