It was a regular
mercy, for the little one couldn't have lived without Dr. Medlicott,
and most likely Lucas is in for a rheumatic fever. He has been
telling me all about it, and how frightful it was to be all night out
on the edge of the glacier in a thick fog with his ankle strained,
and how little Armine went on with his texts and hymns and wasn't a
bit afraid, but quite happy. You never would believe what a fellow
Brownlow is. We have had a great talk, and you will never have to
say again that he does me harm.
"Mammy, darling, I want to tell you that I was a horrible donkey last
half, worse than you guessed, and I am sorrier than ever I was
before, and this is a real true resolution not to do it again.
Brownlow and I have promised to stand by one another about right and
wrong to our lives' end. He means it, and what Brownlow means he
does, and so do I. We said your collect, and somehow I do feel as if
God would help us now.
"Please, dearest mother, forgive me for all I have not told you.
"Duke is very well and jolly. He is quite smitten with Mrs.
Brownlow, and, what is more, so is Reeves, who says she is 'such a
lady that it is a pleasure to do anything for her.'
"Your loving son,
"C.
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