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Rh "But, dear mamma, it would relieve her mind so much if she knew you were better off than we both feared you were, that, if you would say a word to make her easy, I should be very much obliged to you." "But I am not easy—quite the contrary; and I desire, as soon as you get home—and I expect you to go to-morrow—you would ask your husband to lend me a hundred pounds. I suppose he can do such a thing as that, now Glentworth has given him that city concern, or it must be a very poor one?" "I am sure he will do it gladly." "Then let his gladness be immediate, for I want to get home. You had better settle your affairs to-day, and see if you have more than you want to take you home, in which case you can leave it. You must travel post, but you only need one pair of horses in your situation of life." "I never thought of more; and as the Count will travel with me, and he insists on paying half our lodgings (for he is as liberal as he is careful), I dare say I shall have twenty pounds to spare, and" "I can't see the use of his going away because you do. Not that I shall see him for some weeks to come, but he is useful to Helen, and I can't see what he can possibly do in London." "He is extremely anxious to be received into the Protestant church. A part of every day is spent by