The case looked desperate.
Then she began to think.

And she thought very hard indeed, especially at night.
In the dead of night she had an idea.

She got up, and stole from her husband's side, and studied the anonymous letter.
Next day she sat down with the anonymous letter on her desk, and blushed, and trembled, and looked about like some wild animal scared.
She selected from the anonymous letter several words--"character, abused, Sir, Charles, Bassett, lady, abandoned, friend, whether, ten, slanderer" etc .-- and wrote them on a slip of paper.

Then she locked up the anonymous letter.

Then she locked the door.