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But now that mission
assumed an importance in his eyes, and seemed to require either a
special observance or a special excuse. There was no real reason why he
should not have stayed away from Curzon Street for the next fortnight;
and had he done so he need have made no excuse to Mrs Trevelyan when he
met her. But the opportunity for a little excitement was not to be
missed, and instead of going he wrote to her the following note:

'Albany, Monday.
Dear Emily,
What was it all about yesterday? I was to have come up with the words
of that opera, but perhaps it will be better to send it. If it be not
wicked, do tell me whether I am to consider myself as a banished man. I
thought that our little meetings were so innocent and so pleasant! The
green-eyed monster is of all monsters the most monstrous and the most
unreasonable. Pray let me have a line, if it be not forbidden.
Yours always heartily,
F. O.
'Putting aside all joking, I beg you to remember that I consider myself
always entitled to be regarded by you as your most sincere friend.


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