[He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookHe Knew He Was Right CHAPTER X 7/13
As far as I am concerned, I wish for no change;--except that people should be more reasonable. You can call of course whenever you please; and I am very grateful for your expression of friendship. Yours most sincerely, EMILY TREVELYAN. Thanks for the words of the opera. When she had written this, being determined that all should be open and above board, she put a penny stamp on the envelope, and desired that the letter should be posted.
But she destroyed that which she had received from Colonel Osborne.
In all things she would act as she would have done if her husband had not been so foolish, and there could have been no reason why she should have kept so unimportant a communication. In the course of the day Trevelyan passed through the hall to the room which he himself was accustomed to occupy behind the parlour, and as he did so saw the note lying ready to be posted, took it up, and read the address.
He held it for a moment in his hand, then replaced it on the hall table, and passed on.
When he reached his own table he sat down hurriedly, and took up in his hand some Review that was lying ready for him to read.
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