F.amuses me.' 'Touching the lady, Eugene.' 'There M.R.

F.ceases to be amusing, because my intentions are opposed to touching the lady.' 'Do you know her ?' 'Not in the least.' 'Hadn't you better see her ?' 'My dear Mortimer, you have studied my character.

Could I possibly go down there, labelled "ELIGIBLE.

ON VIEW," and meet the lady, similarly labelled?
Anything to carry out M.R.

F.'s arrangements, I am sure, with the greatest pleasure--except matrimony.