Chapter xlvii. The Wife’s Confession.
“Gleninch, October 19, 18 —.
“MY HUSBAND—
“I have something very painful to tell you about one of your oldest friends.
“You have never encouraged me to come to you with any confidences of mine. If you had allowed me to be as familiar with you as some wives are with their husbands, I should have spoken to you personally instead of writing. As it is, I don’t know how you might receive what I have to say to you if I said it by word of mouth. So I write.
“The man against whom I warn you is still a guest in this house — Miserrimus Dexter. No falser or wickeder creature walks the earth. Don’t throw my letter aside! I have waited to say this until I could find proof that might satisfy you. I have got the proof.
“You may remember that I ventured to expre
