He was very sorry, he added, that the owner wished to sell the house, for whoever should buy it, would want to come and live in it, he supposed, and he should be obliged to move away.

The owner said that he was sorry, but that he could not help it.
A few days after this, Mr.Gordon came home one evening, and told Anne Sophia, with a countenance expressive of great surprise and some little vexation, that her old friend, Mrs.Forester, had bought their house, and was going to move into it.

Anne Sophia was amazed at this intelligence, and both she and her husband were thrown into a state of great perplexity and trouble.

The next morning Anne Sophia went out to see Mary Erskine about it.

Mary Erskine received her in a very kind and cordial manner.
"I am very glad to see you," said Mary Erskine.