'
'I will write, and show you the letter. Papa may see it, and if he will
not let it go, it shall not go. He shall not say that I broke my word.
But, mamma, I will not go out to the Islands. I should never get back
again, and I should be broken-hearted.' Lady Rowley had nothing to say
to this; and Nora went and wrote her letter. 'Dear Hugh,' the letter
ran, 'Papa and mamma leave England on the last Saturday in July. I have
told mamma that I cannot return with them. Of course, you know why I
stay. Mr .Glascock is to be married the day after to-morrow, and they
have asked me to go with them to Monkhams some time in August. I think
I shall do so, unless Emily wants me to remain with her. At any rate, I
shall try to be with her till I go there. You will understand why I
tell you all this. Papa and mamma know that I am writing. It is only a
business letter, and, therefore, I shall say no more, except that I am
ever and always yours NORA.' 'There,' she said, handing her letter to
her mother, 'I think that ought to be sent.
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