I think one season will prove to Caroline that it is not in gaiety she will find true and perfect happiness, and if it do so, I shall join in society next year with a less trembling heart.

And now, adieu, my dear young friend.

If by Emmeline's long silence you have ever permitted yourself to entertain a suspicion that I did not approve of your correspondence, let this letter from me prove your error, and remember, if ever sorrows in your young yet chequered life should assail you, and you would conceal them from your revered parent, fearing to increase her griefs, write to me without hesitation, without fear, and I will answer you to the best of my ability; for sympathy, believe me, you will never appeal to me in vain, and if you require advice, I will give it you with all the affection I feel towards you.

God bless you, my dear girl.
Yours, most affectionately, E.HAMILTON.
_From Emmeline Hamilton to Mary Greville._ A month, actually a whole month has elapsed, dearest Mary, since I wrote to you last, and not a line from you.

Granting it was nearly a week on the way, three weeks are surely long enough for you to have written an answer, when I entreated you to write so soon.