They are my own too--in the sense that I'm awfully fond of them.

Also in the sense," she continued, "that I think they're not so very much less fond of me.

Our relation, all round, exists--it's a reality, and a very good one; we're mixed up, so to speak, and it's too late to change it.

We must live IN it and with it.

Therefore to see that Charlotte gets a good husband as soon as possible--that, as I say, will be one of my ways of living.