A very young man, as you may suppose, the son is; refined and gentle in manners.

Sir Henry Bulwer is absent from Florence just now.
As to our house, it really looks better to my eyes than it used to look.
Mr.Lytton wondered yesterday how we could think of leaving it, and so do I, almost.

The letting has answered well enough; that is, it has paid all expenses, leaving an advantage to us of a house during _six months_, at our choice to occupy ourselves or let again.

Also it might have been let for a year (besides other offers), only our agent expecting us in September, and mistaking our intentions generally, refused to do so.

Now I will tell you what our plans are.