He was then a frequent visitor in my family, and we found him an intelligent, agreeable companion.

For several months he has been spending his time at the South.

A few weeks ago, he returned and renewed his friendly relations.

On learning that we were to be among your guests on this occasion, he expressed so earnest a desire to be present, that we took the liberty sometimes assumed among friends, and brought him along.

If we have, in the least, trespassed on our privileges as your guests, we do most deeply regret the circumstance." And this was all Mr.Willet could learn, at the time, in reference to the stranger, who, on being sought for, was nowhere to be found.
He had heard enough of the conversation that passed between Mr.
Willet and Fanny, as he listened to them while they sat in the summer-house, to satisfy him that if he remained longer at "Sweetbrier," he would become an object of the host's too careful observation..