AmiableanddearlittleTwoshoes!Astothesettlementofpoorpapa’saffairs，myinterestinthatisnotveryselfish。PapabehavedverygenerouslytomewhenIwasmarried，andIhavelittleornothingtoexpect。Providedhehadmadenowillthatcancomeintoforce，leavingalegacytoMrsGeneral，Iamcontented。Dearpapa，dearpapa。’
Sheweptagain，butMrsGeneralwasthebestofrestoratives。Thenamesoonstimulatedhertodryhereyesandsay：
’ItisahighlyencouragingcircumstanceinEdward’sillness，Iamthankfultothink，andgivesonethegreatestconfidenceinhissensenotbeingimpaired，orhisproperspiritweakened——downtothetimeofpoordearpapa’sdeathatallevents——thathepaidoffMrsGeneralinstantly，andsentheroutofthehouse。Iapplaudhimforit。Icouldforgivehimagreatdealfordoing，withsuchpromptitude，soexactlywhatIwouldhavedonemyself!’
MrsSparklerwasinthefullglowofhergratification，whenadoubleknockwasheardatthedoor。Averyoddknock。Low，asiftoavoidmakinganoiseandattractingattention。Long，asifthepersonknockingwerepreoccupiedinmind，andforgottoleaveoff。
’Halloa!’saidMrSparkler。’Who’sthis？’