"'P.S. I have been six weeks confined to my room, inflammation having taken place on the day after I wrote you last. O that God in these troublous threatening times may guide and counsel you to act as He would have you do to Whom I beseech you to look for the same most prayerfully.'"
As Miss J. received no reply to the above, she wrote again. This time her epistle was in sharp contrast with her preceding semi-affectionate note. She arraigned the Duke for his silence, and succeeded in provoking a response:—
Strathfieldsaye, Dec. 21, 1850.
Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents His Compliments to Miss J.! He understood from a former letter; that it was Miss J.'s desire never to hear from the Duke again!
Therefore he did not write! nor should he write now! excepting a mere matter of Courtesy! He thus finally takes His leave!
Wellington.
CHAPTER XII.
CONCLUSION.
Miss J. was in nowise dismayed by the crushing reply she received from the Duke.