Pray believe me,
My dear Lord Chiltern,
Yours very sincerely,
THOMAS PLATTER SPOONER.
As I believe that Miss Palliser is fond of books, it may
be well to tell her that there is an uncommon good library
at Spoon Hall. I shall have no objection to go abroad for
the honeymoon for three or four months in the summer.
The postscript was the Squire's own, and was inserted in opposition
to the cousin's judgment. "She won't come for the sake of the books,"
said the cousin. But the Squire thought that the attractions should
be piled up. "I wouldn't talk of the honeymoon till I'd got her to
come round a little," said the cousin. The Squire thought that the
cousin was falsely delicate, and pleaded that all girls like to be
taken abroad when they're married. The second half of the body of the
letter was very much disfigured by the Squire's petulance; so that
the modesty with which he commenced was almost put to the blush by
a touch of arrogance in the conclusion. That sentence in which the
Squire declared that an estate ought not to be crippled for the sake
of the widow was very much questioned by the cousin.
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