await

[Peter Jiong]

P.S.—I am sending this to await you at Seville. Remember me to Mrs. J.


(From Mrs. Craddock by W Somerset Maugham）

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47470...-h/47470-h.htm

What does “I am sending this to await you at Seville.” mean ?

According to the context, it is impossible for the writer of the letter to wait at Seville for the addressee.

 

[GoesStation]

I'm sending this to your Seville address. It will get there before you, so it will be "waiting" for you.

 

[Peter Jiong]

Who does "Mrs. J." refer to?

 

[GoesStation]

Who does "Mrs. J." refer to?

The sentence Remember me to Mrs. J means "give my regards to Mrs. J," a character the reader is presumably familiar with. I haven't read the book, so I have no idea who that is.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

The letter will wait in Seville. Not the letter's writer.

 

[GoesStation]

Who does "Mrs. J." refer to?

And of course, Mrs. J. is a woman whose last name begins with "J".