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 between us, & not a Link wanting. Mrs G. meant to go to the Sea, for her Young People's benefit—had fixed on the coast of Sussex, but was undecided as to the where, wanted something Private, & wrote to ask the opinion of her friend Mrs Darling.—Miss Capper happened to be staying with Mrs D. when Mrs G.'s Letter arrived, & was consulted on the question; she wrote the same day to Fanny Noyce and mentioned it to her—& Fanny all alive for us, instantly took up her pen & forwarded the circumstance to me—except as to Names—which have but lately transpired.—There was but one thing for me to do.—I answered Fanny's Letter by the same Post & pressed for the recommendation of Sanditon. Fanny had feared your having no house large enough to receive such a Family.—But I seem to be spinning