"
"We have that pleasure," replied Goodwin; "and from what we have seen of
him, we think you have a right to feel proud of such a son."
"So I do, indeed," replied his mother; "he is a good and most amiable
young man, without either art or cunning, but truthful and honorable
in the highest degree. It is to him we shall all be indebted for this
reconciliation; or, perhaps, I might say," she added, with a smile, "to
your own daughter Alice."
"Ah! poor Alice," exclaimed her father; "none of us felt the
estrangement of the families with so much regret as she did."
"Indeed, Mrs. Lindsay," added his wife, "I can bear witness to that;
many a bitter tear it occasioned the poor girl."
"I believe she is a most amiable creature," replied Mrs. Lindsay; "and
I believe," she added with a smile, "that there is one particular young
gentleman of that opinion as well as myself."
We believe in our souls that the simplest woman in existence, or that
ever lived, becomes a deep and thorough diplomatist when engaged in
a conversation that involves in the remotest degree any matrimonial
speculation for a daughter.
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