30/31 He wrote me a violent letter, and said I had inveigled the lad into the marriage; and although I might have told him it was false, I did not answer his letter, for the mischief was done then, and I hoped he would cool down in time. I was thinking of letting the child go to the Hall by herself, and drop in suddenly upon him. She is very like her father, and may possibly take his heart by storm." "Yes," Mrs.Walsham assented. "Now I know who she is, I can see the likeness strongly. Yes; I should think that that would be the best way. |