I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like

Angry people are not always wise.

I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.

A report of a most alarming nature reached me two days ago.

Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.

I . . . am always half afraid of finding a clever novel too clever--& of finding my own story & my own people all forestalled.

We are all fools in love.