“I shall be glad that you see Mrs Villiers again— . . . She terms you my Guardian Angel & I am sure you are so—Towards another person—she is very violent in her expressions of resentment—& it is I daresay very natural but I think it better not to say a word in answer—tho’ in fact I am the one much the most to blame—& quite inexcusable—You know—I trust—that I am anxious to make every atonement—& will assist me—”
