"Such a wonderful, extraordinary, delightful thing has happened.  It is so unexpected that it quite puts out of my head a great deal which has made me anxious up to the present.  I have received a letter from no less a person than Sir John Wallis, the distinguished owner of that magnificent place, Cherry Court Park, and he has invited me, my darling, to be present at the moment of your great triumph.  He says, which I regret very much, that your Aunt Susan will also be there, but I am asked as your guest, my child.  It is all most wonderful, unexpected, and truly fascinating.  The effect on the neighbors is already so surprising that I have literally not been obliged to provide myself with a single meal since the news came.  The Pratts have invited me each morning to breakfast, and Ann Pratt has assiduously catechized me, so much so that I have found an ancient book on the 'baronial halls of England, and have worked up some information for her benefit from this volume.  I never saw anyone so eager as the creature is to find out Sir John's income and all about him.  It is extraordinary, but still quite human nature.