This, my boy, I should keep if I were you as a reserve, only to be touched in case of unexpected difficulties or needs.

No one can ever say when such needs may occur.

I hope you will not pain me by writing to say you don't want this allowance, because nothing you can say will alter my determination to pay that allowance regularly every quarter into your agent's hands; and it will be, of course, very much more pleasant to me to know that it is as much a pleasure to you to be helped by me as it is to me to help you, I have heard several times from Mrs.Withers; they are all well, and she asked me to send their remembrances to you when I write.

I do not give up all hope that the will may be found one of these days, but it is just as well that we should not build in the slightest upon it." Ralph's reply came in due time, that is in about a fortnight afterward; for Mrs.Conway's letter had first to go by coach to London, and then a two days' journey by the mail to Liverpool, then by the sailing packet across to Dublin, and then down to Cork by coach.
He had already written expressing his regret at the news of Mr.
Penfold's death.
"My dear mother," he began.

"It is awfully good of you to talk about making an allowance to me.