'I have had a correspondence with your father, Mary,'
'Indeed.'
'And unfortunately one that has been far from agreeable to me.'
'I am sorry for that, Mrs Finn.'
So am I, very sorry. I may say with perfect truth that there is no
man in the world, except my own husband, for whom I feel so
perfect an esteem as I do for your father. If it were not that I
do not like to be carried away by strong language, I would speak
of more than esteem. Through your dear mother I have watched his
conduct closely, and have come to think that perhaps no other man
at the same time so just and patriotic. Now he is very angry with
me,--and most unjustly angry.'
'Is it about me?'
'Yes;--it is about you. Had it not been altogether about you I
would not have troubled you.'
'And about-?'
'Yes;--about Mr Tregear also. When I tell you that there has been a
correspondence I must explain that I have written one long letter
to the Duke, and that in answer I have received a very short one.
That his been the whole correspondence. Here is your father's
letter to me.
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