"You now have my whole budget of news. Am I, or am I not, worthy of your
confidence in me? I say nothing of my devouring anxiety to know what
your objects really are--that anxiety will be satisfied when we meet.
Never yet, my dear girl, did I long to administer a productive pecuniary
Squeeze to any human creature, as I long to administer it to Mr. Noel
Vanstone. I say no more. _Verbum sap._ Pardon the pedantry of a Latin
quotation, and believe me,
"Entirely yours,
"HORATIO WRAGGE.
"P.S.--I await my instructions, as you requested. You have only to say
whether I shall return to London for the purpose of escorting you to
this place, or whether I shall wait here to receive you. The house is in
perfect order, the weather is charming, and the sea is as smooth as Mrs.
Lecount's apron. She has just passed the window, and we have exchanged
bows. A sharp woman, my dear Magdalen; but Joyce and I together may
prove a trifle too much for her."
XIII.
_Extract from the "East Suffolk Argus."_
"ALDBOROUGH.--We notice with pleasure the arrival of visitors to this
healthful and far-famed watering-place earlier in the season than usual
during the present year.
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