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Mr.Randal Linley.
Winter had come and gone; spring was nearing its end, and London still suffered under the rigid regularity of easterly winds.

Although in less than a week summer would begin with the first of June, Mr.Sarrazin was glad to find his office warmed by a fire, when he arrived to open the letters of the day.
The correspondence in general related exclusively to proceedings connected with the law.

Two letters only presented an exception to the general rule.

The first was addressed in Mrs.Linley's handwriting, and bore the postmark of Hanover.