"There is something," says Lady Hesketh in a letter which has been already quoted, "truly affectionate and sincere in Mrs.Unwin's manner.

No one can express more heartily than she does her joy to have me at Olney; and as this must be for his sake it is an additional proof of her regard and esteem for him." She could even cheerfully yield precedence in trifles, which is the greatest trial of all.

"Our friend," says Lady Hesketh, "delights in a large table and a large chair.

There are two of the latter comforts in my parlour.

I am sorry to say that he and I always spread ourselves out in them, leaving poor Mrs.Unwin to find all the comfort she can in a small one, half as high again as ours, and considerably harder than marble.