Let me have my answer to night. As long as we were only talking about my getting the governesss place, I was careless enough how it ended. But now that we have actually answer¬ed Major Milroys advertisement, I am in earn¬est at last. I mean to be Mrs. Armadale of Thorpe-Ambrose; and woe to the man or wo¬man who tries to stop me! Yours,
LYDIA GWILT.
P. S.— I open my letter again to say that you need have no fear of your messenger being followed on bis return to Pimlico. He will drive to a public house where he is known, will dismiss the cab at the door, Supra Footwear and will go out again by a back way which is only used by the landlord and his friends.—L. G.
3.—From Mrs. Oldershaw to Miss Gwilt.
DIANA STREET, 10 oclock.
MY DEAR LYDIA,—You have written me a heartless letter. If you had been in my tiying position, harassed as I was when I wrote to you, I should have made allowances for my friend when I found my friend not so sharp as usual. But the vice of the present age is a want of con¬sideration for persons in the decline of life. Your mind is in a sad state, my dear; and you stand much in need of a good example. You shall have a good example—I forgive you.
Having now relieved my mind by the per¬formance of a good action, suppose I show you next (though I protest against the vulgarity of the expression) that I can see a little Supra Shoes farther than my poor old nose?
1 will answer your question about the house¬maid first. You may trust her implicitly. She has had her troubles, and has learned discretion. She also looks your age; though it is only her due to say that, in this particular, she has some Supra Sneakers years the advantage of you. I inclose the nec¬essary directions which will place her entirely at your disposal.