Mrs. _Holmes_ to _Myra_.
_Belleview._
IT is the duty of friends to be interested in all the concerns
of one another—to join in their joys and to avert the stroke of danger.
It is the duty of a centinel to give the alarm at the approach of what
he may think such—and if the result does not prove to be a real evil—he
has but performed his duty, and the action is meritorious.
IF your exertions to countermine the connexion of your brother with
_Harriot_ should prove ineffectual (and do not fail to acquaint me with
it either way) I HAVE A TALE TO UNFOLD which may possibly forbid the
banns.