'Tis a terrible war." "It is, indeed, count.

Certainly, when I crossed the seas to take service here, I little thought how terrible was the struggle that was approaching.

If we had known it, I am sure that my mother would never have let me leave home." "She must be terribly uneasy about you," the countess said.

"Do you hear from her often ?" "She writes once a month, and so do I.I get her letters in batches.

I know that she must be very anxious, but she says nothing about it in her letters.