He said he had never seen her so angry, and he gave me a letter from her.

On her return to town she had been obliged to go away at once to see her sister taken suddenly ill.

He added, with an unfeeling jibe, that he wouldn't like the reading of the letter himself.
If he hadn't been such a chipmunk of a fellow I'd have wrung his neck.

I put the letter her letter-in my pocket, and next day gave my lawyer full instructions and a power of attorney.

Then I went straight to Glasgow, took steamer for Canada, and here I am.