again disappointed, requesting an answer, M^rsWillmot made the following eloquent oration.

"Our children are all extreammely¹ well but"" at present most of them from home. Amy"" is with my sister Clayton. Sam at Eton. ""David with his Uncle John. Jem & Will at"" Winchester. Kitty at Queen's Square. Ned with ""his Grandmother. Hetty & Patty in a convent""at Bruſsells. Edgar at college, Peter at "" Nurse, & all the rest (except the nine here) ""at home."

It was with difficulty that Emmacould refrain from tears on hearing of theabsence of Edgar; she remained howevertolerably composed till the Willmot's were