So it came about that it was never posted, since it is a kind of superstition with young people that letters can only be delivered at the place where the addressee last resided.

It rarely occurs to them that these may be forwarded, and ultimately arrive.

Nor, indeed, did it occur to Godfrey that as Isobel's uncle was the British Minister to a certain country, an envelope addressed to her in his care in that country probably would have reached her.
She was gone and there was an end; it was of no use to think more of the matter.

Still, he was sorry, because in that same letter his father had alluded casually to the death of Lady Jane, which had caused Hawk's Hall to be shut up for a while, and he would have liked to condole with Isobel on her loss.

He knew that she loved her mother dearly, and of this gentle lady he himself had very affectionate remembrances, since she had always been most kind to him.