“You are fortunate in such a friend.”
“Well, I am glad to be fortunate in something,” said Colonel Albert.
“And are you not fortunate in everything?”
“I have not that reputation; but I shall be more than fortunate if I have your kind wishes.”
“Those you have,” said Myra, rather eagerly. “My brother taught me, even as a child, to wish nothing but good for you. I wish I knew only what I was to wish for.”
“Wish that my plans may succeed,” said Colonel Albert, looking round to her with interest.
“I will more than wish,” said Myra; “I will believe that they will succeed, because I think you have resolved to succeed.”
“I shall tell Endymion when I see him,” said Colonel Albert, “that his sister is the only person who has read my character.”