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? ? ? ? One morning the housekeeper entered the library where John Wade sat reading the daily papers.
? ? ? ? "Mr. John," she said, holding out a letter, "here is a letter from that boy. I expected he would write to your uncle."
? ? ? ? John Wade deliberately opened the letter.
? ? ? ? "Sit down, Mrs. Bradley, and I will read the letter aloud."
? ? ? ? It will be only necessary to quote the concluding sentences:
? ? ? ? "'I hope, Mr. Wharton, you will not be influenced against me by what Mrs. Bradley and your nephew say. I don't know why it is, but they are my enemies, though I have always treated them with respect. I am afraid they have a desire to injure me in your estimation. If they had not been, they would have been content with driving me from your house, without also slandering me to my employers, and inducing them to discharge me. Since I was discharged, I have tried very hard to get another place, but as I cannot bring a recommendation from Gilbert & Mack, I have everywhere been refused.
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