to harmony
with the eternal laws of symmetry and order. Does she attempt to be too
familiar with you? I have always been accustomed to check her, in this
respect. She has never been permitted to call me anything but Captain;
and on the rare occasions since our union, when circumstances may have
obliged her to address me by letter, her opening form of salutation has
been rigidly restricted to 'Dear Sir.' Accept these trifling domestic
particulars as suggesting hints which may be useful to you in managing
Mrs. Wragge; and believe me, in anxious expectation of hearing from you
again,

"Devotedly yours,

"HORATIO WRAGGE."

III.

_From Norah to Magdalen_.

_[Forwarded, with the Two Letters that follow it, from the Post-office,
Birmingham.]_

"Westmoreland House, Kensington, July 1st.

"MY DEAREST MAGDALEN--When you write next (and pray write soon!) address
your letter to me at Miss Garth's. I have left my situation; and some
little time may elapse before I find another.

"Now it is all over I may acknowledge to you, my darling, that I was not
happy. I tried hard to win the affection of the two little girls I had
to teach; but they seemed, I am sure I can't tell why, to dislike me
from the first. Their mother I have no reason to complain of. But their
grandmother, who was really the ruling power in the house, made my life
very hard to me. My inexperience in teaching was a constant subject
of remark with her; and my difficulties with the children were always
visited on me as if they had been entirely of my own making. I tell you
this, so that you may not suppose I regret having left my situation. Far
from it, my love--I am glad to be out of the house.

"I have saved a little money, Magdalen; and I should so like to spend it
in staying a few days with you. My heart aches for a sight of my sister;
my ears are weary for the sound of her voice. A word from you telling me
where we can meet, is all I want. Think of it--pray think of it.

"Don't suppose I am discouraged by this first check. There are many kind
people in the world; and some of them may employ me next time. The way
to happiness is often very hard to find; harder, I almost think, for
women than for men. But if we only try patiently, and try long enough,
we reach it at last--in heaven, if not on earth. I think _my_ way now is
the way which leads to seeing you again. Don't forget that, my love, the
next time you think of

"NORAH."

IV.

_From Miss G