10/13 As I came into the house, I saw your letter lying in the hall." "Very well. You could have read it if you pleased." "Emily, this matter is becoming very serious, and I strongly advise you to be on your guard in what you say. I will bear much for you, and much for our boy; but I will not bear to have my name made a reproach." "Sir, if you think your name is shamed by me, we had better part," said Mrs.Trevelyan, rising from her chair, and confronting him with a look before which his own almost quailed. "But in the first place I wish you to tell me what were the contents of that letter." "If it was there when you came in, no doubt it is there still. Go and look at it." "That is no answer to me. |