Does not this look as if he imagined there was room for me to be so? I almost wish I don’t know what I wish; except I could think but half so well of myself as I do of him: for then should I look forward with less pain in my joy than now too often mingles with it.

Your brother excused himself from dining with us: that Greville has engaged him. Why should he permit himself to be engaged by him? Greville can-not love him: he can only admire him, and that every-body does, who has been but once in his company. Miss Orme, even INIiss Orme, is in love with him. I received a note from her while your brother was with us. These are the contents:

HEAR MISS BYRON,

I am in love with your young baronet. It is well that your beauty and your merit secure you, and make every other woman hopeless. To see and know Miss Byron, is half the cure, unless a woman were presumption itself. O my poor brother! But will you let me expect you, and as many of the dear fa-mily as you can bring, at breakfast tomorrow morn — ing? SirCharlesGrandison, of course. Shew your own obligations to me, and your power over him, at the same time. Your cousin IloUes’s will be with me, and three sister-toastsof York; besides ^//aZMiss Clarkson of whose beauty and agreeablcness you have heard me talk. They long to see you. You mat/ come. I’oor things! how will they be mortified! If any one of them can allow herself to be less lovely than the others, she will be least affected b}’ your superiority. But let me tell you, that Miss Clarkson,

T?, had she the intelligence in her eyes that Somebody else has, and the dignity with the ease, would be as charming a young woman. But we are all prepared, I to love, they to admire, your gentleman. Pray, pray, my dear, bring him, or the disappointment will kill your

KITTY ORME,

Lucy, acquainting Sir Charles with the invitation, asked him, if he would oblige Miss Orme. He was at our command, he said So we shall break-fast tomorrow at the Parlt.

But I am vexed at his dining from us today. So little time to stay with us! I wish him to be complai-sant to Mr. Greville; but need he be so very oblig — ing? There are plots laying for his company all over the county. We are told there is to be a nu-merous assembly, all of gentlemen, at Mr. Gre — ville’s. Mr. Greville humorously declares, that he hates all women, for the sake of one. * *

We have just opened the boxes. O my dear Lady G! your brother is either very proud, or his fortune is very high! Does he not say, that he always consults fortune, as well as degree, in matters of outward appearance? He has not, in these presents, I am sure, consulted either fortune or degree of your Harriet Of your happy Harriet, I had like to have written: but the word happy, in this place, would have looked as if I thought these jewels aa addition to my happiness.