My dearest Friend

I congratulate you on M^r . De Courcy's arrival, & advise you by all means to marry him;his Father's Estate is we know considerable, I&¹ I be::leive certainly entailed. ––– Sir Reginald is very in::firm, & not likely to stand in your way long. — Ihear the young Man well spoken of, & tho' noone can really deserve you my dearest Susan, M^r .De Courcy may be worth having. — Manwaring will storm of course, but you may easily pa::cify him. Besides, the most scrupulous pointof honour could not require you to wait for hisemancipation. — I have seen Sir James, — he came