I hope you're well, and that you're finding married life everything you expected it would be. I wonder if two months is long enough to consider yourself settled, or whether it all still feels new? Particularly, whether you feel yourself settled enough to host dinner parties?

Much as I miss you and would enjoy seeing you across the dinner table again, I'll be transparent: I do have an agenda in writing. Grace seems to have caught the attention of Mr. August Echelon-Arnost, and given that his professional circle overlaps with your husband's I thought perhaps we might scheme to have him and Grace attend a dinner party together? He called recently and I've been scratching my head trying to figure out how to get the pair of them together without involving Mama. I'm sure you can appreciate what a boost it would be to Grace's confidence to go into the season with at least one firm prospect. Please let me know what you think.

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