Lady Lundie, accordingly, foregoes her intention of calling at the Craig Fernie inn, to express her sentiments and make her inquiries in person, and commits to Sir Patrick the duty of expressing her sentiments; reserving to herself the right of making her inquiries at the next convenient opportunity.

Through the medium of her brother-in-law, she begs to inform the late governess that all intercourse is at an end between them, and that she declines to act as reference in case of future emergency.'-- Message textually correct.

Expressive of Lady Lundie's view of your sudden departure from the house.

Time, two minutes." Anne's color rose.

Anne's pride was up in arms on the spot.
"The impertinence of Lady Lundie's message is no more than I should have expected from her," she said.