"To this absurd charge I at once plead guilty. The venerable lady in
question was passing through London, where she desired to be free from
intrusion. At her ladyship's wish I stated that she was out of town; and
would, under the same circumstances, unhesitatingly make the same
statement. Your slight acquaintance with the person in question did not
warrant that you should force yourself on her privacy, as you would
doubtless know were you more familiar with the customs of the society in
which she moves.
"I declare upon my honour as a gentleman, that I gave her the message
which I promised to deliver from you, and also that I transmitted a
letter with which you entrusted me; and repel with scorn and indignation
the charges which you were pleased to bring against me, as I treat with
contempt the language and the threats which you thought fit to employ.
"Our books show the amount of xl. xs. xd. to your credit, which you will
be good enough to withdraw at your earliest convenience; as of course all
intercourse must cease henceforth between you and--Yours, etc.
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