You have been good to write so often, far better than I have been; and I seem to know all about your quiet, well-ordered home, and your good husband and his business that flourishes so.

I thought you were a little foolish in your choice, and that our father was wrong in mating you as he did; but it has turned out well, and you have been living in quiet waters, while we have been encountering a sea of troubles.
"And this tall youth is our nephew, Philip?
I wish you could have brought over Lucie with you.

It would have been pleasant, indeed, for us three sisters to be reunited again, if only for a time.

Why, your Philip is taller than Francois, and yet he is two years younger.

I congratulate you and Lucie upon him.
"Salute me, nephew.