H. Jones,' at certain reading-rooms in the
City. Let her in the meantime be a good girl, remain with her
excellent friend Mrs. Byass, and repose absolute confidence in her
affectionate father--J. S.
That same morning there came also a letter from Liverpool to Mrs.
Joseph Snowdon, a letter which ran thus:
'Clem, old girl, I regret very much that affairs of pressing
importance call me away from my happy home. It is especially
distressing that this occurs just at the time when we were on the
point of taking our house, in which we hoped to spend the rest of
cur lives in bliss. Alas, that is not to be! Do not repine, and do
not break the furniture in the lodgings, as your means will
henceforth be limited, I fear. You will remember that I was in your
debt, with reference to a little affair which happened in
Clerkenwell Close, not such a long time ago; please accept this
intimation as payment in full. When I am established in the country
to which business summons me, I shall of course send for you
immediately, but it may happen that some little time will intervene
before I am able to take that delightful step. In the meanwhile your
mother will supply you with all the money you need; she has full
authority from me to do so.
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