I am here to consult a lawyer how best I may release from the consequences of their folly the unfortunate men who betrayed me.

This done, I lay down my chain of office and resign my commission.

I will not deny that there are wounds; I look to domestic felicity to provide a balm for them.

Hansombody, no doubt, will succeed me; and on the whole I am satisfied that he will passably fill an office which, between ourselves, he has for some time expected.
I hope to return the day after to-morrow, and to receive the blushing answer on which I have set my heart .-- Believe me, dear Coz, your affectionate "Sol.

Hymen." Cynics tell us that one-half of the proposals of marriage made by men are the direct result of pique.