Such, at
least, was the plan to be carried out, if Hugh Stanbury should be
successful in his present negotiations.
CHAPTER XIII
THE HONOURABLE MR GLASCOCK
By the end of July Mrs Trevelyan with her sister was established in the
Clock House, at Nuncombe Putney, under the protection of Hugh's mother;
but before the reader is made acquainted with any of the circumstances
of their life there, a few words must be said of an occurrence which
took place before those two ladies left Curzon Street.
As to the quarrel between Trevelyan and his wife, things went from bad
to worse. Lady Milborough continued to interfere, writing letters to
Emily which were full of good sense, but which, as Emily said herself,
never really touched the point of dispute. 'Am I, who am altogether
unconscious of having done anything amiss, to confess that I have been
in the wrong? If it were about a small matter, I would not mind, for
the sake of peace. But when it concerns my conduct in reference to
another man I would rather die first,' That had been Mrs Trevelyan's
line of thought and argument in the matter; but then old Lady
Milborough in her letters spoke only of the duty of obedience as
promised at the altar.
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