If, on the other hand, you tell me
that there are reasons (known to yourself, though unknown to me) for
not taking the course I propose, I will accept that intimation without
troubling you, unless you wish it, to explain yourself further. In this
latter event, I will write to you again; for I shall then have something
more to say, which may greatly surprise you, on the subject of the Will.
"Faithfully yours,
"JOHN LOSCOMBE."
VII.
_From Mrs. Noel Vanstone to Mr. Loscombe._
"November 16th.
"DEAR SIR--Accept my best thanks for the kindness and consideration with
which you have treated me; and let the anxieties under which I am now
suffering plead my excuse, if I reply to your letter without ceremony,
in the fewest possible words.
"I have my own reasons for not hesitating to answer your question in the
negative. It is impossible for us to go to law, as you propose, on the
subject of the Will.
"Believe me, dear sir, yours gratefully,
"MAGDALEN VANSTONE."
VIII.
_From Mr. Loscombe to Mrs. Noel Vanstone._
"Lincoln's Inn. November 17th.
"DEAR MADAM--I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, answering
my proposal in the negative, for reasons of your own.
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