"Don't do that, mamma. Don't write to him."
"But I shall. Why should I not write if he can tell me? If this other man is a villain am I not bound to protect you? Of course Felix is not steady. If it came only from him you might not credit it. And he has not seen her. If your cousin Roger tells you that it is true,--tells me that he knows the man is engaged to marry this woman, then I suppose you will be contented."
"Contented, mamma!"

"Don't write to him, mamma."
"Why not? If this other man is a villain am I not bound to protect you? If your cousin Roger tells you that it is true - that the man is engaged to marry this woman, then I suppose you will be contented."
"Contented, mamma! 