The Claverings by Anthony Trollope
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"Is that all I'm to read?" Harry asked.
"You can go on and see what she says as to her reason for coming." So Harry went on reading. "I have suffered much, and of course I know that I must suffer more; but I am determined that I will face the worst of it at once. It has been hinted to me that an attempt will be made to interfere with the settlement--" "Who can have hinted that?" said Harry. Lady Clavering suspected who might have done so, but she made no answer. "I can hardly think it possible; but, if it is done, I will not be out of the way. I have done my duty as best I could, and have done it under circumstances that I may truly say were terrible; and I will go on doing it. No one shall say that I am ashamed to show my face and claim my own. You will be surprised when you see me. I have aged so much--" "You need not go on," said Lady Clavering. "The rest is about nothing that signifies." Then Harry refolded the letter and gave it back to his companion. "Sir Hugh is gone, and therefore I could not show him that in time to do anything; but if I were to do so, he would simply do nothing, and let her go to the hotel in London. Now that would be unkind--would it not?" "Very unkind, I think." "It would seem so cold to her on her return." "Very cold. Will you not go and meet her?" Lady Clavering blushed as she answered. Though Sir Hugh was a tyrant to |
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