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"
I
believe
that
Mrs.
Crawley
is
as
innocent
as
my
wife
,
Mrs.
Wenham
,
"
Mr.
Wenham
said
with
great
energy
.
"
I
believe
that
,
misled
by
an
infernal
jealousy
,
my
friend
here
strikes
a
blow
against
not
only
an
infirm
and
old
man
of
high
station
,
his
constant
friend
and
benefactor
,
but
against
his
wife
,
his
own
dearest
honour
,
his
son
's
future
reputation
,
and
his
own
prospects
in
life
.
"
"
I
will
tell
you
what
happened
,
"
Mr.
Wenham
continued
with
great
solemnity
;
"
I
was
sent
for
this
morning
by
my
Lord
Steyne
,
and
found
him
in
a
pitiable
state
,
as
,
I
need
hardly
inform
Colonel
Crawley
,
any
man
of
age
and
infirmity
would
be
after
a
personal
conflict
with
a
man
of
your
strength
.
I
say
to
your
face
;
it
was
a
cruel
advantage
you
took
of
that
strength
,
Colonel
Crawley
.
It
was
not
only
the
body
of
my
noble
and
excellent
friend
which
was
wounded
--
his
heart
,
sir
,
was
bleeding
.
A
man
whom
he
had
loaded
with
benefits
and
regarded
with
affection
had
subjected
him
to
the
foulest
indignity
.
What
was
this
very
appointment
,
which
appears
in
the
journals
of
to-day
,
but
a
proof
of
his
kindness
to
you
?
When
I
saw
his
Lordship
this
morning
I
found
him
in
a
state
pitiable
indeed
to
see
,
and
as
anxious
as
you
are
to
revenge
the
outrage
committed
upon
him
,
by
blood
.
You
know
he
has
given
his
proofs
,
I
presume
,
Colonel
Crawley
?
"
"
He
has
plenty
of
pluck
,
"
said
the
Colonel
.
"
Nobody
ever
said
he
had
n't
.
"
"
His
first
order
to
me
was
to
write
a
letter
of
challenge
,
and
to
carry
it
to
Colonel
Crawley
.
One
or
other
of
us
,
"
he
said
,
"
must
not
survive
the
outrage
of
last
night
.
"
Crawley
nodded
.
"
You
're
coming
to
the
point
,
Wenham
,
"
he
said
.
"
I
tried
my
utmost
to
calm
Lord
Steyne
.
Good
God
!
sir
,
"
I
said
,
"
how
I
regret
that
Mrs.
Wenham
and
myself
had
not
accepted
Mrs.
Crawley
's
invitation
to
sup
with
her
!
"
"
She
asked
you
to
sup
with
her
?
"
Captain
Macmurdo
said
.
"
After
the
opera
.
Here
's
the
note
of
invitation
--
stop
--
no
,
this
is
another
paper
--
I
thought
I
had
h
,
but
it
's
of
no
consequence
,
and
I
pledge
you
my
word
to
the
fact
.
If
we
had
come
--
and
it
was
only
one
of
Mrs.
Wenham
's
headaches
which
prevented
us
--
she
suffers
under
them
a
good
deal
,
especially
in
the
spring
--
if
we
had
come
,
and
you
had
returned
home
,
there
would
have
been
no
quarrel
,
no
insult
,
no
suspicion
--
and
so
it
is
positively
because
my
poor
wife
has
a
headache
that
you
are
to
bring
death
down
upon
two
men
of
honour
and
plunge
two
of
the
most
excellent
and
ancient
families
in
the
kingdom
into
disgrace
and
sorrow
.
"
Mr.
Macmurdo
looked
at
his
principal
with
the
air
of
a
man
profoundly
puzzled
,
and
Rawdon
felt
with
a
kind
of
rage
that
his
prey
was
escaping
him
.
He
did
not
believe
a
word
of
the
story
,
and
yet
,
how
discredit
or
disprove
it
?
