I would have kept it secret from you; for I think it will grieve you, and yet you can administer no consolation.

But you have surprised me,--I see you are surprised yourself,--and I hate mystery.

Read that letter.
The letter was from Colonel Talbot's sister, and in these words: 'I received yours, my dearest brother, by Hodges.

Sir E.W.and Mr.R.
are still at large, but are not permitted to leave London.

I wish to Heaven I could give you as good an account of matters in the square.
But the news of the unhappy affair at Preston came upon us, with the dreadful addition that you were among the fallen.