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he could not have received my last ... Written by TimLee (3/16/2009 11:30 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, "He hasn't yet heard Mr Morland's financial arrangements..&q, penned by MarianneR

.. is the way my paperback copy has it in English. It's not a very common syntax nowadays, but also not an entirely archaic way of saying it. Most English speakers would recognize what it means, I think. (I don't know if similar sentence structure would work in other languages; apparently your translator thought the German version needed the clarification of adding the word "letter".)

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Good nature nan duval (3/15/2009 1:38 p.m.)

John's "proposal" CarolTS (3/18/2009 7:27 p.m.)
- You are right, MarianneR (3/19/2009 3:39 a.m.)
  - The ONLY time in the entire book! nfm CarolTS (3/20/2009 2:16 p.m.)
Bother his Brains Robbin (3/15/2009 4:46 p.m.)
- Thorpes and money; resemblance to Mansfield Park Tom P2 (3/15/2009 6:42 p.m.)
  - Constancy & Competence Robbin (3/16/2009 11:33 p.m.)
  - "He hasn't yet heard Mr Morland's financial arrangements..&q MarianneR (3/16/2009 4:51 a.m.)
    - How interesting! JoAnn (3/20/2009 12:42 a.m.)
      - Miserly Mr. Morland   Robbin (3/20/2009 11:07 a.m.)
        
        You're right   JoAnn (3/20/2009 9:05 p.m.)
        
        This is how I interpreted it too nfm   BarbaraB (3/20/2009 5:33 p.m.)
    - he could not have received my last ... TimLee (3/16/2009 11:30 a.m.)
      - Most English speakers would recognize what it means... MarianneR (3/16/2009 11:39 a.m.)
- Bloviating his brains out! nan duval (3/15/2009 5:58 p.m.)
  - Plausible Deniability Robbin (3/15/2009 10:30 p.m.)

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