At all events, he had not mentioned it in his daily letters.
And now she was coming home; she was actually arrived; he would see her that evening.

Her last letter was lying before him.
"I parted from dear Stella yesterday.

She goes to stay with the Essex Mainwarings for a month; after that, I hope that she will give me a long visit.

I do not know where one could find a sweeter girl, or one more eminently calculated to make a man happy.

Beautiful, strictly speaking, she is not, perhaps, but of excellent connections, not without a portion, young, clever, and ambitious.