these long winter evenings. Whether it would have done any good, can never be settled now; butI am exceſsively vexed that Sir Reginald should know anything of a matter which we foresaw wouldmake him so uneasy. ––– He caught all your fearsthe moment he had read your Letter, & I am surehas not had the busineſs out of his head since; — he wrote by the same post to Reginald, a long letter full of it all, & particularly asking an explanation of what he may have heard from Lady Susan to contradict the late shocking reports. His answer came this morning, which I shall enclose to you, as I think you will like to see it; I wish it was more satisfactory, but it seems written with such a determination to thinkwell of Lady Susan, that his aſsurances as to Marriage &c, do not set my heart at ease. —