5/20 I am sure that there is not a woman in a thousand--" "Matilda, I know it. You are very good at figures: will you take this sheet away with you? But I must talk to you now; really I must say a few words about something, tired as you may be, Charles, and well deserving of a little good sleep, which you never seem able to manage in bed. You told me, you know, that you expected Cadman, that surly, dirty fellow, who delights to spoil my stones, and would like nothing better than to take the pattern out of our drawing-room Kidderminster. |