? ? ? ? "Because I feared that some false conclusion might be drawn from it and that I might find myself involved in a scandal."
? ? ? ? "And why were you so pressing that Sir Charles should destroy your letter?"
? ? ? ? "If you have read the letter you will know."
? ? ? ? "I did not say that I had read all the letter."
? ? ? ? "You quoted some of it."
? ? ? ? "I quoted the postscript. The letter had, as I said, been burned and it was not all legible. I ask you once again why it was that you were so pressing that Sir Charles should destroy this letter which he received on the day of his death."
? ? ? ? "The matter is a very private one."
? ? ? ? "The more reason why you should avoid a public investigation."
? ? ? ? "I will tell you, then. If you have heard anything of my unhappy history you will know that I made a rash marriage and had reason to regret it."
? ? ? ? "I have heard so much."
? ? ? ? "My life has been one incessant persecution from a husband whom I abhor.
Pages:
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186