Leslie.

From your mother?

Irene.

From my mother. Read it.

Leslie.

[As she reads.] Oh—oh! Irene, do you guess the drift of this?

Irene.

Better than you do, Leslie. It is a humble apology from Mrs. Stonehay for her unintentional rudeness upon misunderstanding the motive of Mrs. Renshaw’s extreme kindness to poor Miss Preece.

Leslie.