"If you are not so compassionate as to dine to-day with Louisa and me, we shall be in danger of hating each other for the rest of our lives, for a whole day`s tete-a-tete between two women can never end without a quarrel. Come as soon as you can on rec
"Indeed, you are mistaken, Madam. I have not been at all able to account for the honour of seeing you here."