Then, taking up her pen,
she began to write.
"HEATH HALL,
"ST. BENET'S.
"DEAR MR. HAMMMOND: I should prefer that you did not in future give
letters for me to any of my friends here. I do not wish to receive
them through the medium of any of my fellow-students. Please
understand this. When you have anything to say to me, you can write
in the ordinary course of post. I am not ashamed of any slight
correspondence we may have together; but I refuse to countenance,
or to be in any sense a party to, what may even seem underhand.
"I shall try to be at the Marshalls' on Sunday afternoon, but I
have nothing to say in reply to your letter. My views are
unalterable.
"Yours sincerely,
"MARGARET OLIPHANT."
Maggie did not read the letter after she had written it. She put it
into an envelope and directed it. Here was a large and bold hand and
the address was swiftly written
"GEOFFREY HAMMOND, ESQ.,
"St. Hilda's,
"Kingsdene.
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