Mrs.Perry was very anxious that he should have a carriage, and came to my mother in great spirits one morning because she thought she had prevailed.

Jane, don't you remember grandmama's telling us of it when we got home?
I forget where we had been walking to--very likely to Randalls; yes, I think it was to Randalls.

Mrs.Perry was always particularly fond of my mother--indeed I do not know who is not--and she had mentioned it to her in confidence; she had no objection to her telling us, of course, but it was not to go beyond: and, from that day to this, I never mentioned it to a soul that I know of.

At the same time, I will not positively answer for my having never dropt a hint, because I know I do sometimes pop out a thing before I am aware.

I am a talker, you know; I am rather a talker; and now and then I have let a thing escape me which I should not.