He will be slow in getting you glasses of water at the railway stations, and will always keep you waiting at breakfast.

I hold that a man with two ladies on a tour should be an absolute slave to them, or they will not fully enjoy themselves.

He should simply be an upper servant, with the privilege of sitting at the same table with his mistresses.

I have my doubts as to whether your cousin is fit for the place; but, as to myself, it is just the thing that I was made for.

Luckily, however, neither you nor Kate are without wills of your own, and perhaps you may be able to reduce Mr Vavasor to obedience.
As to the home affairs I have very little to say here,--in this letter.