And what has become of Hester?
She is a kind of cousin of mine." "Miss Gresley has gone to live in the country a few miles from us, with her clergyman brother." "James Gresley.

I remember him.

He's a bad egg." "Now, Dick, are you in earnest, or are you talking nonsense about Miss West ?" "I'm in earnest." He looked it.
"Then, for heaven's sake, don't put your foot in it by calling.

My wife has taken a violent fancy to Miss West.

I don't think it is returned, but that is a detail.