I'll answer it. I am in a fine humor for
writing to Mother Jezebel.
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_Conclusion of Miss Gwilt's Letter to Mrs. Oldershaw_.
"...I told you, when I broke off, that I would wait before I
finished this, and ask my Diary if I could safely tell you what
I have now got it in my mind to do. Well, I have asked; and my
Diary says, 'Don't tell her!' Under these circumstances I close
my letter--with my best excuses for leaving you in the dark.
"I shall probably be in London before long--and I may tell you
by word of mouth what I don't think it safe to write here. Mind,
I make no promise! It all depends on how I feel toward you at
the time. I don't doubt your discretion; but (under certain
circumstances) I am not so sure of your courage. L. G."
"P. S.--My best thanks for your permission to renew the bill. I
decline profiting by the proposal. The money will be ready when
the money is due. I have a friend now in London who will pay it
if I ask him. Do you wonder who the friend is? You will wonder at
one or two other things, Mrs. Oldershaw, before many weeks more
are over your head and mine."
CHAPTER XI.
LOVE AND LAW.
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