Welbeck Street, 16th July, 18--.
MY DEAR PAUL.
She found that after that which had passed between them she could not call him "My dear Sir," or "My dear Mr. Montague," and that it must either be "Sir" or "My dear Paul." He was dear to her,--very dear; and she thought that he had not been as yet convicted of any conduct bad enough to force her to treat him as an outcast. Had there been no Mrs. Hurtle he would have been her "Dearest Paul,"--but she made her choice, and so commenced.
MY DEAR PAUL,

My dear Paul,
(Had there been no Mrs. Hurtle he would have been her "Dearest Paul.")
My dear Paul,
