Threats of exposure, and all the rest!
The brother officer hinted at a plot--that the poor fellow had been
trapped, and was more sinned against than sinning. However, there it
was. He was married to the Greek girl; Miss Bremerton's letters
were returned; and the thing was at an end. Our friend says she
behaved splendidly. She went on with her work in the War Trade
Department--shirked nothing and no one--till suddenly, about six
months ago, she had a bad breakdown--'
'What do you mean?' said the Squire abruptly. 'She was ill?'
'A combination of overwork and influenza, I should think; but no
doubt the tragedy had a good deal to do with it. She went down to
stay for a couple of months with an uncle in Dorsetshire, and got
better. Then the family lost some money, through a solicitor's
mismanagement--enough anyway to make a great deal of difference. The
mother too broke down in health. Miss Bremerton came home at once,
and took everything on her own shoulders. You remember, she heard of
your secretaryship from that Balliol man you wrote to--who had been
a tutor of hers when she was at Somerville? She determined to apply
for it.
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