It appeared dry and cold; but at the bottom was dotted in with pencil an obscure apology, and an entreaty for kind remembrance and reconciliation, if her proceeding had offended him: asserting that she could not help it then, and being done, she had now no power to repeal it. 
It appeared dry and cold; but at the bottom was scribbled an obscure apology, asserting that she could not help it.
