She has sent all the birds out of the nest but one; and is impatient to see that one fly away, that she may be sure that there is no lame one in the brood.

You must not therefore think that it is mamma; nor is it papa, as regards himself--though papa agrees with me in thinking that we ought to wait a little.
Dear Harry, you must not be angry, but I am sure that we ought to wait.

We are, both of us, young, and why should we be in a hurry?
I know what you will say, and of course I love you the more because you love me so well; but I fancy that I can be quite happy if I can see you two or three times in the year, and hear from you constantly.
It is so good of you to write such nice letters, and the longer they are the better I like them.

Whatever you put in them, I like them to be full.

I know I can't write nice letters myself, and it makes me unhappy.