"They tell me"-- I copy her words--"that the girl is all but a savage, and does and says the most awful things.

I quite admire Mrs.Mumford's courage.

I've heard of people doing this kind of thing, and I always wondered how they got on with their friends." Of course I have written to contradict this rubbish.

But it's very annoying, I'm sure.' Mumford was angry.

The source of these fables must be either Bilton or Dunnill, yet he had not thought either of them the kind of men to make mischief.