"Indeed I do!" answered Sir George: "you will find it a great deal more amusing than if I wanted you to write either pamphlets or speeches. The fact is, that I am too good an actor to succeed as an author. I do assure you, that when en scene, I am often surprised at my own readiness of resource, but I need stimulus. I cannot sit down by myself, and fill four sides of paper, which said time might be so much more amusingly employed; no, life is not long enough to write letters!"
"But how," cried Walter, "can I possibly know what to say?"
"You must invent!" replied the other: "fancy that you are in love with the lady yourself!"
"But what I might like to say, may or may not suit the circumstances."
"Oh," said Sir George, "I shall give you the outline, but the filling up must rest with yourself. There, sit down in that arm-chair; love-letters should always be written in a comfortable position!"
Walter obeyed; and, drawing towards him
