"Dear Mary Troubridge has got a little girl, a sweet, quiet, brighteyed little thing, taking, I imagine, after old Miss Thornton.
They are going to call it Agnes Alice, after you and I, my dearest mother.
"You cannot imagine how different Mary is grown from what she used to be! Stout, merry, and matronly, quite! She keeps the house alive, and I think I never saw a couple more sincerely attached than are she and her husband.

He is a most excellent companion for my Sam.

Not to make matters too long, we are just about as happy as four people can be.
Some day we may all come to live together again, and then our delight will be perfect.
"I got Jim's letter which you sent me....

Sam and his partner are embarking every sixpence they can spare in buying town and suburban lots at Melbourne.

I know every street and alley in that wonderful city (containing near a hundred houses) on the map, but I am not very likely to go there ever.