particularly recommend itself to me i infinitely prefer the tender and liberal spirit of which impressed with the deepest conviction of my merit is satisfied that whatever i do must be right and look with a degree of contempt on the inquisitive and doubtful fancies of that heart which seems always on the of its emotions is indeed beyond all compare superior to � superior in everything but the power of being with me poor fellow i he is much distracted by jealousy which i am not sorry for as i know no better support of love he has been me to allow of his coming into this country and lodging somewhere near but i forbade everything of the kind those women are who forget what is due to themselves and the opinion of the world yours ever s mrs to lady de my dear mother � mr returned on thursday night bringing his niece with him lady had received a line from him by that day s post informing her that miss had absolutely refused to allow of miss s continuance in her academy we were therefore prepared for her arrival and expected them impatiently the whole evening they came while we were at tea and i never saw any creature look so lady frightened as when she entered the room aj who had been shedding before and showing great agitation at the idea of the meeting received her with perfect self command and without betraying the least tenderness of spirit she hardly spoke to her and on s bursting into tears as soon as we were seated took her ont of the room and did not return for some time when she did her eyes looked very red and she was as agitated as before we saw no ol her daughter poor was beyond measure concerned to see his fair friend in such distress and watched her with so much tender solicitude that i who occasionally caught her observing his countenance with exultation was quite out of pa this pathetic representation lasted the whole evening and so and artful a display has entirely convinced me that she did ia fact feel nothing i am more angry with her ever since i have seen her daughter the poor girl looks so unhappy that my heart for her lady is surely too severe for does not seem to have the sort of temper to make severity necessary she looks perfectly timid dejected and penitent she is very pretty though not so handsome as her mother nor at all like her her complexion is delicate but neither so fair nor so blooming as lady s and she has quite the cast of countenance the oval face and mild dark eyes and there is peculiar sweetness in her look when she speaks either to her uncle or me for as we behave kindly to her we have of course engaged her gratitude h r h� tint temper is r a ce less el than ben and from what i of t e of each to the the ol and the silent � n of i am led to believe as ace tbe f no real love for her done ber or treated ber i been able to have sa iv n with mv niece she is and i think i can see thai some pains are taken to prevent ber being with me nothing as to ber reason for away her kind hearted yon may be was too of distressing ber to ask many questions as they travelled i wish it bad been possible for me to fetch ber instead of him i think i should discovered tbe in the course of a tbe small has been removed within these few days at lady s request into her dressing room and great part of the day there as it is called but i seldom hear any noise when i p ass that way what she does with herself there i do not know there are plenty of books but it is not every girl who has been running wild the first fifteen years of her life that can or will read poor creature the prospect from her window is not very instructive for that room the lawn you know with the on one side where she may see ber mother walking for an hour together in earnest conversation with a girl of s age must be childish indeed if things do not strike her is it not to give such an to a daughter yet still thinks lady the best of and as a worthless he is convinced that her attempt to run away proceeded from no cause and had no provocation i am sure i cannot say that it had but while miss declares that miss showed no signs of obstinacy or during her whole stay in street till she waa detected in this scheme i cannot so readily credit what lady has made him and wants to make me believe that it was merely an impatience of restraint and a desire of escaping from the of masters which brought on the plan of an how is your judgment he scarcely dares even allow her to be handsome and when i speak of bet beauty replies only that her eyes have no sometimes he is sure she is deficient in understanding and at others that her temper only is in fault in short when a person is to deceive it is impossible to be consistent finds it necessary that should be to and probably has sometimes judged it expedient to excuse her of ill and sometimes to lament her want of sense is only repeating after her i remain etc etc lady from the same to the same my dear mother � i am very glad to find that my description of has interested you for i do believe her truly deserving of your regard and when i have communicated a 