I can't explain why I don't write directly to the major,
or to Miss Milroy, instead of to you. I can only say there are
considerations I am bound in honor to respect, which oblige me
to act in this roundabout way.
"I don't ask you to answer this, for I shall be on my way home,
I hope, long before your letter could reach me in this
out-of-the-way place. Whatever you do, don't lose a moment
in going to Major Milroy. Go, on second thoughts, whether
the loss of the yacht is known in England or not.
"Yours truly, ALLAN ARMADALE."
"I looked up when I had come to the end of the letter, and saw,
for the first time, that Bashwood had left his chair and had
placed himself opposite to me. He was intently studying my face,
with the inquiring expression of a man who was trying to read
my thoughts. His eyes fell guiltily when they met mine, and he
shrank away to his chair. Believing, as he did, that I was really
married to Armadale, was he trying to discover whether the news
of Armadale's rescue from the sea was good news or bad news in
my estimation? It was no time then for entering into explanations
with him. The first thing to be done was to communicate instantly
with the doctor.
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