He Knew He Was Right eBook

The matter of the address was, indeed, very simple.  All letters for Trevelyan were to be redirected from the house in Curzon Street, and from the chambers in Lincoln’s Inn, to the Acrobats’ Club; to the porter of the Acrobats’ Club had been confided the secret, not of Bozzle’s name, but of Bozzle’s private address, No. 55, Stony Walk, Union Street, Borough.  Thus all letters reaching the Acrobats’ were duly sent to Mr Bozzle’s house.  It may be remembered that Hugh Stanbury, on the occasion of his last visit to the parsonage of St. Diddulph’s, was informed that Mrs Trevelyan had a letter from her father for her husband, and that she knew not whither to send it.  It may well be that, had the matter assumed no interest in Stanbury’s eyes than that given to it by Mrs Trevelyan’s very moderate anxiety to have the letter forwarded, he would have thought nothing about it; but having resolved, as he sat upon the knifeboard of the omnibus—­the reader will, at any rate, remember those resolutions made on the top of the omnibus while Hugh was smoking his pipe—­having resolved that a deed should be done at St. Diddulph’s, he resolved also that it should be done at once.  He would not allow the heat of his purpose to be cooled by delay.  He would go to St. Diddulph’s at once, with his heart in his hand.  But it might, he thought, be as well that he should have an excuse for his visit.  So he called upon the porter at the Acrobats’, and was successful in learning Mr Trevelyan’s address.  ’Stony Walk, Union Street, Borough,’ he said to himself, wondering; then it occurred to him that Bozzle, and Bozzle only among Trevelyan’s friends, could live at Stony Walk in the Borough.  Thus armed, he set out for St. Diddulph’s and, as one of the effects of his visit to the East, Sir Marmaduke’s note was forwarded to Louis Trevelyan at Turin.

CHAPTER XXXIX

MISS NORA ROWLEY IS MALTREATED

Hugh Stanbury, when he reached the parsonage, found no difficulty in making his way into the joint presence of Mrs Outhouse, Mrs Trevelyan, and Nora.  He was recognised by the St. Diddulph’s party as one who had come over to their side, as a friend of Trevelyan who had found himself constrained to condemn his friend in spite of his friendship, and was consequently very welcome.  And there was no difficulty about giving the address.  The ladies wondered how it came to pass that Mr Trevelyan’s letters should be sent to such a locality, and Hugh expressed his surprise also.  He thought it discreet to withhold his suspicions about Mr Bozzle, and simply expressed his conviction that letters sent in accordance with the directions given by the club-porter would reach their destination.  Then the boy was brought down, and they were all very confidential and very unhappy together.  Mrs Trevelyan could see no end to the cruelty of her position, and declared that her father’s anger against her husband was so great that she anticipated