Of course I am delighted. It is no good saying that I am not. I know how difficult it is to deal with you, and therefore I sit down to answer your letter with fear and trembling, lest I should say a word too much, and thereby drive you back, or not say quite enough and thereby fail to encourage you on. Of course I am glad. I have long thought that Mr. Grey could not make you happy, and as I have thought so, how can I not be glad? It is no use saying that he is good and noble, and all that sort of thing. I have never denied it. But he was not suited to you, and his life would have made you wretched. Ergo, I rejoice. And as you are the dearest friend I have, of course I rejoice mightily.

Of course I am delighted. It is no good saying that I am not; but I answer your letter with fear and trembling, lest I should say too much. I have long thought that Mr. Grey could not make you happy. He is good and noble, and all that sort of thing; but he was not suited to you, and his life would have made you wretched. So I rejoice.
