And let a counsel be ever so sharp, I never yet was so 'posed but what I could stand up and hold my own.
The Colonel, Mr.Trewillian, got,--a letter,--from your lady,--this morning." "I don't believe it," said Stanbury, sharply.
"Very likely not, Mr.S.It ain't in my power to say anything whatever about you believing or not believing.

But Mr.T.'s lady has wrote the letter; and the Colonel,--he has received it.

You don't look after these things, Mr.S.You don't know the ways of 'em.

But it's my business.

The lady has wrote the letter, and the Colonel,--why, he has received it." Trevelyan had become white with rage when Bozzle first mentioned this continued correspondence between his wife and Colonel Osborne.