“Well, there is feeling here.⁠—He does seem to have suffered in finding her ill.⁠—Certainly, I can have no doubt of his being fond of her. ‘Dearer, much dearer than ever.’ I hope he may long continue to feel all the value of such a reconciliation.⁠—He is a very liberal thanker, with his thousands and tens of thousands.⁠—‘Happier than I deserve.’ Come, he knows himself there. ‘Miss Woodhouse calls me the child of good fortune.’⁠—Those were Miss Woodhouse’s words, were they?⁠—And a fine ending⁠—and there is the letter. The child of good fortune! That was your name for him, was it?”

“You do not appear so well satisfied with his letter as I am; but still you must, at least I hope you must, think the better of him for it. I hope it does him some service with you.”