4/12 You see how delightfully she writes. Oh! she is a sweet creature! You would have doated on her, had you gone .-- But not a word more. Let us be discreet--quite on our good behaviour .-- Hush!--You remember those lines--I forget the poem at this moment: "For when a lady's in the case, "You know all other things give place." Now I say, my dear, in _our_ case, for _lady_, read----mum! a word to the wise .-- I am in a fine flow of spirits, an't I? I managed it extremely well." Emma could not doubt. It was a palpable display, repeated on every possible occasion. |