And I'm sure mail-day seems to come round quicker than any other day of the week.

I quite dread Fridays.

And then your mother and sisters are always saying I never write.

And I heard from Mrs.Pryce Smith only this morning, telling me I owed her two letters; and I don't know what to say to her when I do write, for she knows nobody _here_, and I know nobody _there_.

And we've never returned the Ridgeways' call, my dear.