the families would never be connected if you did not connect them oh write write finish it at once let there be an end of this suspense fix commit condemn yourself such sensations however were too near akin to resentment to be long guiding s she was soon more softened and sorrowful his warm regard his kind expressions his confidential treatment touched her strongly he was only too good to everybody it was a letter in short which she would not but have had for the world and which could never be valued enough this was the end of it everybody at all to letter writing without having much to say which will include a large park proportion of the female world at least must feel with lady that she was out ci lack in such a capital piece of news as the certainty of the going to bath occur at a time when she could make no advantage of it and will admit that it must have been very to her to see it fall to the share of her son and treated as as possible at the end of a long letter instead of having it to spread over the largest part of a page of her own for though lady rather shone in the line having early in her marriage from the want of other employment and the circumstance of sir thomas s being in parliament got into the way of making and keeping and formed for herself a very creditable commonplace style so that a very little matter was enough for her she could not do entirely without any she must have something to write about even to her niece and being so soon to lose all the benefit of dr grant s symptoms and mrs grant s morning calls it was very hard upon her to be deprived of one of the last uses she could put them to there was a rich amends however preparing for her lady s hour of good luck came within a few days from the receipt of s letter had one from her aunt beginning thus � mt dear � i take up my pen to some very alarming intelligence which i make no doubt will give you much concern j tliis was a great deal better than to to take up the pen to her with all the particulars of the intended journey for the present intelligence was of a nature to promise occupation for the pen for many days to come being no less than the dangerous illness of her eldest son of which they had received notice by express a few hours before tom had gone from london with a party of young men to where a neglected fall and a good deal of drinking had brought on a fever and when the party broke up being unable to move had been left by himself at the house of one of these young men to the comforts of sickness and solitude and the attendance only of servants instead of being soon well enough to follow his friends as he had then hoped his disorder increased considerably and it was not long before he thought so ill of himself as to be as ready as his physician to have a letter despatched to this distressing intelligence as may suppose observed her after giving the substance of it has agitated us exceedingly and we cannot prevent our selves from being greatly alarmed and apprehensive for the poor invalid whose state sir thomas fears may be very critical and kindly attending his brother immediately but i am happy to add that sir thomas will not leave me on this distressing occasion as it would be too trying for me we shall greatly miss in our small circle but i trust and hope he find the poor invalid in a less alarming state than might be apprehended and that he will be able to bring him to shortly which sir thomas should be done and thinks best on every account and i flatter myself the poor sufferer will soon be able to bear the removal without material inconvenience or injury as i have little doubt of your feeling for us my dear under these distressing circumstances i will write again very soon s feelings on the occasion were indeed considerably more warm and genuine than her aunt s style of writing she felt truly for them all tom ill gone to attend him and the sadly small party remaining at were cares to shut out every other care or almost every other she could just find selfishness enough to wonder whether written to miss before this summons came but no sentiment dwelt long with her that was not purely affectionate and anxious her aunt did not neglect her she wrote again and again they were receiving frequent accounts from and these accounts were as regularly to in the same style and the same of hopes and fears all following and producing each other at hap hazard it was a sort of playing at being frightened the sufferings which lady did not see had little power over her fancy and she wrote very comfortably about agitation and anxiety and poor till tom was actually conveyed to and her own eyes had beheld his altered appearance then a letter which she had been previously preparing for was finished in a different style in the language of real feeling park and alarm then she wrote as she hare spoken � he is just come my dear and is taken upstairs and i am so shocked to see him that i do not know what to do i am sure he has been very ill poor tom i i am quite grieved for him and very much frightened and so is sir thomas and how glad i should be if you were here to comfort me i but sir thomas hopes he will be 