'They might as well have left that undone,' said he, throwing the letter over the table.
'It's about the silliest letter I ever read,' said the old Squire; 'but it is intended for civility.

She means to show that she does not condemn you.

There are many people who do not know when to speak and when to be silent.

I shouldn't go.' 'No, I shan't go.' 'But I should take it as meant in kindness.' Then John Caldigate wrote back as follows:--'All this that has befallen my wife and me prevents us from going anywhere.

She is at the present moment with her own people at Chesterton, but when she returns I shall not leave her.