leſs mildneſs in her Tone. She beganan account of herself ^{without delay.}as soon as they werein the Drawing room – Thanking them fortheir Invitation, but "that was quite out of the question, for they were all threecome, & meant to get into Lodgings & makesome stay." — "All three come! – What! – Susan& Arthur! – Susan able to come too! – Thiswas ^{better & better."}a great increase of the Happineſs! –" "Yes – We are actually all here come. Quiteunavoidable. –^{Nothing else to be done.}A case of Neceſsity. — Youshall hear all about it. – But my dearMary, send for the Children; – I long tosee them." ––– "And how has Susan bornthe Journey? – & how is Arthur? – & whydo not we see him here with you?" —

"Susan has born it wonderfully. She had not a wink of sleep either the nightbefore we set out, or last night whichwe spent at Chichester, ^{and as}bu^t this is snot¹^^so common with her that as with me, Ihave had a thousand fears for her –but she has kept up ^wonderfully.charmingly —.She^hada^nd no Hysterics of consequence till wecame ^{within sight of}to poor old Sanditon – and ^{the attack}they were^{was not very violent –quite over nearly over}quite subside^d by the time we reachedyour Hotel – so that we got her out ofthe Carriage extremely well, with only^Mr .young Woodcock's ^aſsistancehelp – & when I left hershe was b directing^{2the Disposal of}where all the Luggagesh^d .should be carried, & helping old ^SamHa^nnahunp uncord the Trunks. — She desiredher best Love,