LADY ANNA.

by

ANTHONY TROLLOPE.

In Two Volumes.

VOL. II.

London:
Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.
1874.

[All rights reserved.]

London:
Printed by Virtue and Co.,
City Road.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

XXV. DANIEL THWAITE'S LETTER.
XXVI. THE KESWICK POET.
XXVII. LADY ANNA'S LETTER.
XXVIIII. LOVEL V. MURRAY AND ANOTHER.
XXIX. DANIEL THWAITE ALONE.
XXX. JUSTICE IS TO BE DONE.
XXXI. THE VERDICT.
XXXII. WILL YOU PROMISE?
XXXIII. DANIEL THWAITE RECEIVES HIS MONEY.
XXXIV. I WILL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR NOTHING.
XXXV. THE SERJEANT AND MRS. BLUESTONE AT HOME.
XXXVI. IT IS STILL TRUE.
XXXVII. LET HER DIE.
XXXVIII. LADY ANNA'S BEDSIDE.
XXXIX. LADY ANNA'S OFFER.
XL. NO DISGRACE AT ALL.
XLI. NEARER AND NEARER.
XLII. DANIEL THWAITE COMES TO KEPPEL STREET.
XLIII. DANIEL THWAITE COMES AGAIN.
XLIV. THE ATTEMPT AND NOT THE DEED CONFOUNDS US.
XLV. THE LAWYERS AGREE.
XLVI. HARD LINES.
XLVII. THINGS ARRANGE THEMSELVES.
XLVIII. THE MARRIAGE.

LADY ANNA.

CHAPTER XXV.

DANIEL THWAITE'S LETTER.

On the day following that on which Daniel Thwaite had visited Lady
Lovel in Keppel Street, the Countess received from him a packet
containing a short note to herself, and the following letter
addressed to Lady Anna. The enclosure was open, and in the letter
addressed to the Countess the tailor simply asked her to read and to
send on to her daughter that which he had written, adding that if she
would do so he would promise to abide by any answer which might come
to him in Lady Anna's own handwriting. Daniel Thwaite when he made
this offer felt that he was giving up everything. Even though the
words might be written by the girl, they would be dictated by the
girl's mother, or by those lawyers who were now leagued together
to force her into a marriage with the Earl. But it was right, he
thought,--and upon the whole best for all parties,--that he should
give up everything. He could not bring himself to say so to the
Countess or to any of those lawyers, when he was sent for and told
that because of the lowliness of his position a marriage between him
and the highly born heiress was impossible. On such occasions he
revolted from the authority of those who endeavoured to extinguish
him. But, when alone, he could see at any rate as clearly as they
did, the difficulties which