Lindsay, after they had got seated in the
drawing-room, "that you are surprised to see me here?"
"We are delighted, say, Mrs. Lindsay," replied Mr. Goodwin--"delighted.
Why should ill-will come between neighbors and friends without any just
cause on either side? That property--"
"O, don't talk about that," replied Mrs. Lindsay; "I didn't come to
speak about it; let everything connected with it be forgotten; and
as proof that I wish it should be so, I came here to-day to renew the
intimacy that should subsist between us."
"And, indeed," replied Mrs. Goodwin, "the interruption of that intimacy
distressed us very much--more, perhaps, Mrs. Lindsay, than you might
feel disposed to give us credit for."
"Well, my dear madam," replied the other, "I am sure you will be glad
to hear that I have not only my own inclination, but the sanction and
wish of my whole family, in making this friendly visit, with the hope of
placing us all upon our former footing. But, to tell you the truth, this
might not have been so, were it not for the anxiety of my son Henry, who
has returned to us, and whom, I believe, you know.
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