I
shall have to make a great fight, for mamma thinks that ten days in
the year at Mistletoe is all that duty requires. But I always stick
up for my uncle, and mean in this instance to have a little of my
own way. What are parental commands in opposition to Jack and all
his glories? Besides mamma does not mean to go herself.
I shall leave it to you to say whether the ball was `altogether
wretched.' Of course there must have been infinite vexation to you,
and to us who knew of it all there was a feeling of deep sorrow.
But perhaps we were able, some of us, to make it a little lighter
for you. At any rate I shall never forget Rufford, whether the
memory be more pleasant or more painful. There are moments which
one never can forget!
Don't go and gamble away your money among a lot of men. Though I
dare say you have got so much that it doesn't signify whether you
lose some of it or not. I do think it is such a shame that a man
like you should have such a quantity, and that a poor girl such as
I am shouldn't have enough to pay for her hats and gloves. Why
shouldn't I send a string of horses about just when I please? I
believe I could make as good a use of them as you do, and then I
could lend you Jack. I would be so good-natured. You should have
Jack every day you wanted him.
You must write and tell me what day you will be at Mistletoe.
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