20/24 Here's one from the lady to your friend, Mr.Foker.You have seen her with Miss Costigan, as whose amanuensis she acted"-- the Major said, with ever so little of a sneer, and laid down a certain billet which Mr.Foker had given to him. "I suppose what you say is true, sir, but I'll hear it from herself." "Arthur!" appealed his mother. "I'll ask her to marry me, once more. No one shall prevent me." "What, a woman who spells affection with one f? |