“IforbidyourmarriagetoGeoffreyDelamayn!Iinsistonhisperformingthepromisehegaveme，tomakemehiswife!Ihavegotithereinhisownwords，inhisownwriting。Onhissoul，heswearsittome——hewillredeemhispledge。Hismistress，didyousay？Hiswife，Mrs。Glenarm，beforetheweekisout!“
Inthosewildwordsshecastbackthetaunt——withtheletterheldintriumphinherhand。
Dauntedforthemomentbythedoubtnowliterallyforcedonher，thatAnnemightreallyhavetheclaimonGeoffreywhichsheadvanced，Mrs。Glenarmansweredneverthelesswiththeobstinacyofawomanbroughttobay——witharesolutionnottobeconvincedbyconvictionitself。
“Iwon’tgivehimup!“shecried。“Yourletterisaforgery。Youhavenoproof。Iwon’t，Iwon’t，Iwon’tgivehimup!“sherepeated，withtheimpotentiterationofanangrychild。
Annepointeddisdainfullytotheletterthatsheheld。“Hereishispledgedandwrittenword，“shesaid。“WhileIlive，youwillneverbehiswife。“