If I could gain Papa's leave, I should select my birthday on October 25 as the time which I should wish to spend at that home which absence renders still dearer to me.

I think I see you sitting by Papa just after his dinner, reading my letter, and turning to him, with an inquisitive glance, at the end of the paragraph.

I think too that I see his expressive shake of the head at it.

O, may I be mistaken! You cannot conceive what an alteration a favourable answer would produce in me.

If your approbation of my request depends upon my advancing in study, I will work like a cart-horse.