But the repeated betrayals of
Horace's jealous suspicion of Julian warned her that she would
only be surrounding herself with new difficulties, and be placing
Julian in a position of painful embarrassment, if she admitted
him to a private interview while Horace was in the house.
The one course left to take was the course that she had adopted.
Determining to address the narrative of the Fraud to Julian in
the form of a letter, she arranged to add, at the close, certain
instructions, pointing out to him the line of conduct which she
wished him to pursue,
These instructions contemplated the communication of her letter
to Lady Janet and to Horace in the library, while
Mercy--self-confessed as the missing woman whom she had pledged
herself to produce--awaited in the adjoining room whatever
sentence it pleased them to pronounce on her. Her resolution not
to screen herself behind Julian from any consequences which might
follow the confession had taken root in her mind from the moment
when Horace had harshly asked her (and when Lady Janet had joined
him in asking) why she delayed her explanation, and what she was
keeping them waiting for.
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