14/25 Don't be in a hurry; just a few minutes. This letter is from Mr.Bowling.Yes, and I've had one from him before, and I was obliged to answer it.' 'Do you mean they are love-letters ?' 'Yes, I'm afraid they are. And it's so stupid, and I'm so vexed. I don't want to have anything to do with him, as I told you long ago.' Louise often used expressions which to a stranger would have implied that her intimacy with Mrs.Mumford was of years' standing. 'He wrote for the first time last week. |