It is not to you that I ought to say it.

But as he has chosen to send you here, I will explain to you that I have never disobeyed him.

When I was free, in accordance with Mr.Trevelyan's wishes, to have what intercourse I pleased with Colonel Osborne, I received a note from that gentleman on a most trivial matter.

I answered it as trivially.

My husband saw my letter, closed, and questioned me about it.