Ihavewaitedinthehopethatyouwouldrideoverfromyourbrother’splace，andseeme——andIhavewaitedinvain。Yourconducttomeiscrueltyitself；Iwillbearitnolonger。Consider!inyourowninterests，consider——beforeyoudrivethemiserablewomanwhohastrustedyoutodespair。Youhavepromisedmemarriagebyallthatissacred。Iclaimyourpromise。IinsistonnothinglessthantobewhatyouvowedI
shouldbe——whatIhavewaitedallthiswearytimetobe——whatI
_am_，inthesightofHeaven，yourweddedwife。LadyLundiegivesalawn-partyhereonthe14th。Iknowyouhavebeenasked。I
expectyoutoacceptherinvitation。IfIdon’tseeyou，Iwon’tanswerforwhatmayhappen。Mymindismadeuptoendurethissuspensenolonger。Oh，Geoffrey，rememberthepast!Befaithful——bejust——toyourlovingwife，“ANNESILVESTER。“
Mr。Bishopriggspaused。Hiscommentaryonthecorrespondence，sofar，wassimpleenough。“Hotwordsininkfromtheleddytothegentleman!“Heranhiseyeoverthesecondletter，onthefourthpageofthepaper，andadded，cynically，“Atriflecaulderinpencilfromthegentlemantotheleddy!Thewayo’thewarld，Sirs!Fromthetimeo’Adamdownwards，thewayo’thewarld!“