"Mr.
Vanderbank kindly arranged the matter for me just this way.

I met him at dinner, at your mother's, three weeks ago, and he brought me home here that night, when, as knowing you so differently, we took the liberty of talking you all over.

It naturally had the effect of making me want to begin with you afresh--only that seemed difficult too without further help.

This he good-naturedly offered me; he said"-- and Mr.Longdon recovered his spirits to repeat it--"'Hang it, I'll have 'em here for you!'" "I see--he knew we'd come." Then she caught herself up.

"But we haven't come, have we ?" "Oh it's all right--it's all right.