What can I
say in answer to this, but that I will go? We have sent to
have the house in Portman Square got ready for us, and I
suppose we shall be there about the 15th of next month.
Papa has instructed Mr. Forster to tell Mr. Kennedy's
lawyer that we are coming, and he is to find out, if he
can, whether any interference in the management of the
property has been as yet made by the family. Perhaps I
ought to tell you that Mr. Forster has expressed surprise
that you did not call on the police when the shot was
fired. Of course I can understand it all. God bless you.
Your affectionate friend,
L. K.
Phineas was obliged to console himself by reflecting that if she
understood him of course that was everything. His first and great
duty in the matter had been to her. If in performing that duty he had
sacrificed himself, he must bear his undeserved punishment like a
man. That he was to be punished he began to perceive too clearly. The
conviction that Mr. Daubeny must recede from the Treasury Bench after
the coming debate became every day stronger, and within the little
inner circles of the Liberal party the usual discussions were made
as to the Ministry which Mr.
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