"Madam,--hoping That this Will not Disapoint you Through Strangeness (which I own Looks Somewhat So) at First sight of my adressing This Epistle to You, to Say Ever since I Have had The unhapiness to be a Widdower Since the Death of Lady Cecilia Titmouse of which There Is Many False accounts Every Thing Goes Entirely Wrong (For the present) with me, all For Want of a Lady Which w^d. feel That Conubial Interest in me That is So delightful In the Married State. I was Honored With writing To You soon After I was so Happy as to Get the Property But Supose you could not Have Got It Seeing I got No Ans^r. And Natrally suposed There Was obstacles In The Way For it Was Settled Soon as You might have Heard That I was to Mary my Cousin (The Lady Cecilia) whom I Loved Truly till Death cut Her Short On her Way To an Erly Grave, Alas. I know It is In Dispute wh^r. y^r. respectable Brother or I are Owners of Yatton You See The Law which Gave It me Once _may Give it Me Again and No Mistake_--who knows (in this uncertain Life) whatever Turns Up I can (Betwixt Ourselves) assure You There Is _Something In The Wind_ For me w^h. dare not Say More Of at this Present. But Suposing You & I shall Hit it what Say You if I should Propose dividing The Estate betwixt Him & Me & _Settling All my Half on You_ And as To the _Title_ (w^h. at present I Am Next to) what say You To your Brother and I Tossing up for it When It comes for I am Sorry to hear His Lordship is breaking, and I know _Who I sh^d. Like To see Lady Drelincourt_, oh what a hapiness Only To think Of, As They are dividing very soon (And they Do Run It _Uncommon_ _Fine_, But Ministers Must Be Suported or The Country Will Go to the Devil Dogs) Must Close Begging an Answer directed to Me Here, And Subscribe myself, "Hn^d. and dear Madam, "Yr^s. Most Obediently, "T. TITMOUSE. "MISS AUBREY, "Vivian Street." "I hope, Kate, you have not been giving this gentleman encouragement!" quoth Delamere, when he had read the above. It formed a topic of pleasant merriment when they all met at dinner--a right cheerful party, consisting solely of the Aubreys and Lord and Lady De la Zouch, and Delamere. Mr. Aubrey had returned from town with important intelligence.