Let us have no more nonsense, if you love me.

Mr.--- is going to be married, is he?
Well, his wife elect appeared to me to be a clever and amiable lady, as far as I could judge from the little I saw of her, and from your account.

Now to that flattering sentence must I tack on a list of her faults?
You say it is in contemplation for you to leave -- -.

I am sorry for it.

--- is a pleasant spot, one of the old family halls of England, surrounded by lawn and woodland, speaking of past times, and suggesting (to me at least) happy feelings.