He is over
head and ears in debt, and if he marries at all, he must marry some one
with money. I really think that mamma and you, and all of you, have been
soft about that girl. I believe she has been a good governess, that is,
good after mamma's easy fashion; and I don't for a moment suppose that she
is doing anything underhand. But a governess with a lover never does suit,
and I'm sure it won't suit in this case. If I were you I would tell her. I
think it would be the best charity. Whether they mean to marry I can't
tell; Mr. Greystock, that is, and this woman; _but they ought to mean it_;
that's all.
"Let me know at once whether mamma will see Frederic, and speak to him
openly. She is quite at liberty to use my name; only nobody but mamma
should see this letter.
"Love to them all.
"Your most affectionate sister,
"CLARA HITTAWAY."
In writing to Amelia instead of to her mother, Mrs. Hittaway was sure that
she was communicating her ideas to at least two persons at Fawn Court, and
that therefore there would be discussion. Had she written to her mother,
her mother might probably have held her peace, and done nothing.
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