Don't scoff, but help a lame dog over a stile.

My object in life is to have an object in life at present.

Give me your counsel, and deserve the benediction of someone besides your friend, M.R." The patient reader must infer what he can from these five letters.

They are copied word for word from the original documents, and speak for themselves.

I am unable to say whether the luggage was found--whether Miss Daisy got her sleeves altered to her liking--whether Arthur found any "fun" left on his arrival, a fortnight late, at Grandcourt, or how soon Mr Blake's reply to the father's letter reached Lucerne.