Life And Letters Of Maria Edgeworth/Volume 2/Letter 143

To MISS MARGARET RUXTON.

TRIM, March 1, 1846.

Pakenham and Christina arrived here in excellent time, charmed with their kind reception at Black Castle. From the first moment I set eyes and ears upon Christina I liked her,&mdash;it seemed to me as if she was not a new bride coming a stranger amongst us, but one of the family fitting at once into her place as a part of a joining map that had been wanting and is now happily found.