LETTER XXXIII.
Mrs. HOLMES to MYRA.
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
bans.
