22/23 But I think, if I was you, Miss Helen, I'd look very well before I leaped. I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.' 'Of course not,' said I; 'but be quick, will you, Rachel? It was not for Lord Lowborough--it was not for Annabella--it was not for myself--it was for Arthur Huntingdon that they rose. We are to be parted for more than two months, above ten weeks! a long, long time to live and not to see him. But he has promised to write often, and made me promise to write still oftener, because he will be busy settling his affairs, and I shall have nothing better to do. |