2/13 I felt a little anxious, to tell you the truth, about the effect of it; and I have paid my visit to-day before my usual time. Not that I take a gloomy view of the news myself. No! There is clearly a doubt about the correctness of the information, so far as Mr.Aldersley is concerned--and that is a point, a great point in Mr. I give him the benefit of the doubt, as the lawyers say. Does Miss Burnham give him the benefit of the doubt too? |