[The Reverend Arthur Warrington writes in all haste to his Solicitor,
Mr. James Frogg, of Serjeant’s Inn, Strand.]
St. Philip’s, Lowestoft,
Feast of St. Alphonsus.
James Frogg, Esq.
Dear Mr. Frogg,--I am writing in much haste to inform you that my
cousin, Henry Gastonard, has returned from Paris, and has had the
effrontery to come here.
I trust I am not lacking in charity, nor harder than my fellows, but
the life this young man has led in Paris makes him no fit companion
for my wife, who, I regret to say, appears to have taken a fancy to
him, and insists upon his remaining with us.
I write, therefore, to ask you if this will imperil in any way my
hopes under the will of Martha’s uncle; are we doing right to have
Henry here, and is there any possibility of the judges construing this
as a consent upon my part to any division of the valuable property?
Please inform me at once that I may convince Mrs. Warrington of her
folly, and put an end to this foolish infatuation.--Dear Mr. Frogg,
yours very faithfully,
Arthur Warrington.