It is all settled, and Sir M.has been sent for.

Of course, you will tell T.now.
Yours, F.O.
The letter was, of course, from Colonel Osborne, and Mrs.Trevelyan, when she received it, had had great doubts whether she would enclose it to her husband opened or unopened.

She had hitherto refused to make the promise which her husband exacted, but nevertheless, she was minded to obey him.

Had he included in his demand any requirement that she should receive no letter from Colonel Osborne, she would not have opened this one.

But nothing had been said about letters, and she would not shew herself to be afraid.