I have lived with our dear Emma several years.

I know her merit, have a great opinion of the head and heart that God Almighty has been pleased to give her; but a seaman alone could have given a fine woman full power to chuse and fit up a residence for him without seeing it himself.

You are in luck, for in my conscience I verily believe that a place so suitable to your views could not have been found, and at so cheap a rate.

The proximity to the capital,"-- Nelson found it an hour's drive from Hyde Park--"and the perfect retirement of this place, are, for your Lordship, two points beyond estimation; but the house is so comfortable, the furniture clean and good, and I never saw so many conveniences united in so small a compass.

You have nothing but to come and enjoy immediately; you have a good mile of pleasant dry walk around your own farm.