CHAPTER IV.
Oh! la belle chose que la Poste!--Lettres de Sevigne.
Ay--but who is it ?--As you Like it.
I had mentioned to my mother my intended visit to Garrett Park, and the second day after my arrival there came the following letter:-- "My dear Henry, "I was very glad to hear you were rather better than you had been.

I trust you will take great care of yourself.

I think flannel waistcoats might be advisable; and, by-the-by, they are very good for the complexion.

Apropos of the complexion: I did not like that green coat you wore when I last saw you--you look best in black--which is a great compliment, for people must be very distingue in appearance, in order to do so.
"You know, my dear, that those Garretts are in themselves any thing but unexceptionable; you will, therefore, take care not to be too intimate; it is, however, a very good house: all you meet there are worth knowing, for one thing or the other.

Remember, Henry, that the acquaintance (not the friends) of second or third-rate people are always sure to be good: they are not independent enough to receive whom they like--their whole rank is in their guests: you may be also sure that the menage will, in outward appearance at least, be quite comme il faut, and for the same reason.