Chapter 106Miss Woodland's letter arrived and put an end to the doubt. The very first sentence conveyed the assurance that they had all settled in London for the winter, and ended with her brother's regret that he had not had time to pay his respects to his friends in Hertfordshire before he left the country.
Hope was over, all over; and when Jane was able to take care of the rest of the letter, she found little to comfort her other than the writer's declared affection. The praise of Miss Drury occupied the main part of it. Again, her many charms were addressed, and Caroline joyfully boasted of her increasing intimacy and dared to predict the fulfillment of the wishes that had been unfolded in her earlier letter. She also wrote with great pleasure that her brother was an inmate of Mr. Dru
