Page:Dramas 3.pdf/388

386

But here are my letters, and they will relieve me, I trust, from many perplexities.

Yes, my dear aunt, if they do not leave as many behind as they carry away.

Peace, child; thou art so thougthless that nothing is a perplexity to thee. (Looks at the letters lying on the table.) Ha! here is an answer to my application for the house. (Opens a letter and reads.)

And does the landlord agree to your terms?

Ye-s.

Then there is one difficulty surmounted.

Ye-s, so far surmounted; but I have been thinking further of it. The drawing-rooms are too large, and my dressing-room is too small, and there is no convenient closet for my curiosities and china.