Two days of joyful security were immediately followed by the over-throw of every thing.

A letter arrived from Mr.Churchill to urge his nephew's instant return.

Mrs.Churchill was unwell--far too unwell to do without him; she had been in a very suffering state (so said her husband) when writing to her nephew two days before, though from her usual unwillingness to give pain, and constant habit of never thinking of herself, she had not mentioned it; but now she was too ill to trifle, and must entreat him to set off for Enscombe without delay.
The substance of this letter was forwarded to Emma, in a note from Mrs.
Weston, instantly.

As to his going, it was inevitable.

He must be gone within a few hours, though without feeling any real alarm for his aunt, to lessen his repugnance.