And mark you, an heiress is never compromised.

I am not, I hope, responsible for every creature caught up in my circle of attraction.

Believe me, dear boy, I should consult you, and another one, estimable beyond mortal speech! if I had become involved--impossible! No; I am free of all fresh chains, because of the old ones.

Years will not be sufficient for us when you and I once begin to talk in earnest, when I open! To resume--so I leave Bath with a light conscience.

Mixed with pleasant recollections is the transient regret that you were not a spectator of the meeting of the Wilts and Denewdney streams.