I shall wait with anxiety your letter from Acapulco.

Let Ralph write and make his report.

I will ask you to stay in San Francisco until more letters have passed and plans are arranged.

Until further notice, please give Mrs.Cliff one fourth of all moneys I send.

I cannot insist, of course, upon her staying in San Francisco, but I would advise her to do so until things are more settled.
"In haste, your husband, "Philip Horn." "Upon my word!" ejaculated Mrs.Cliff, "a most remarkable letter! It might have been written to a clerk! No one would suppose it the first letter of a man to his bride! Excuse me, Edna, for speaking so plainly, but I must say I am shocked.