"There was a strong expectation of his coming soon after the marriage, but it ended in nothing; and I have not heard him mentioned lately." "But you should tell them of the letter, my dear," said her father.
"He wrote a letter to poor Mrs.Weston, to congratulate her, and a very proper, handsome letter it was.

She shewed it to me.

I thought it very well done of him indeed.

Whether it was his own idea you know, one cannot tell.

He is but young, and his uncle, perhaps--" "My dear papa, he is three-and-twenty.