If the war is decided in favour of King William, Claire will be a rich heiress.

If, on the other hand, your cause triumph, you will regain your confiscated estates, while we shall lose ours.

So that there is, I consider, no inequality whatever in their position.

The difficulty, of course, to which I allude is their religion.

This is naturally a grave obstacle, and I fear that my husband will regard it as such, even more strongly than I do.