"Quite well. Lovelier than ever, Richard!"
"Ah!" he said, leaning back in his chair. "My poor cousin! I was writing to you, Esther."
So worn and haggard as he looked, even in the fullness of his handsome youth, leaning back in his chair and crushing the closely written sheet of paper in his hand!
"Have you been at the trouble of writing all that, and am I not to read it after all?" I asked.

"Quite well. Lovelier than ever, Richard!"
"Ah!" he said. "My poor cousin! I was writing to you, Esther."
So worn and haggard he looked, leaning back in his chair and crushing the sheet of paper in his hand!
"Am I not to read it after all?" I asked.
