At dinner Anna Mikhaylovna talked the whole time about the war news and about Nikolenka, twice asked when the last letter had been received from him, though she knew that already, and remarked that they might very likely be getting a letter from him that day.
Anna Mikhaylovna, in a few words, told her the contents of the letter, on condition that she should tell no one.
War and Peace
"His eminence asks for the
letter," said Bernouin, passing back into the ante-chamber.
Twenty Years After
"I had no notion that he liked me so very much," said Harriet, contemplating the
letter. For a little while Emma persevered in her silence; but beginning to apprehend the bewitching flattery of that
letter might be too powerful, she thought it best to say,
Emma
Sir Patrick rose to lock the
letter up in one of the drawers of the writing-table behind him.
Man And Wife
Writing to my legal adviser in this sense, I had a word of my own to add on the subject of the torn
letter.
Law and the Lady
Reminding her that she had herself proposed writing to me when we met that evening, I suggested that she should wait to tell the sad story of her troubles until it was convenient to her to send me the narrative in the form of a
letter. "In the mean time," I added, "I have the most perfect confidence in you; and I beg as a favor that you will let me put it to the proof.
The Two Destinies
"`Well, as after my death the command devolves on you as mate, assume the command, and bear up for the Island of Elba, disembark at Porto-Ferrajo, ask for the grand-marshal, give him this
letter -- perhaps they will give you another
letter, and charge you with a commission.
Count of Monte Cristo
About an hour before he had become conscious, and after vague, vacant looks around him, had muttered something about "a
letter," which he presently repeated impatiently.
The Mill on the Floss
Vanstone concluded that first part of her
letter which referred exclusively to Captain Wragge.
No Name
The
letter lay upon the table no longer than till Mrs Miller was out of sight; for then Sophia opened and read it.
The History of Tom Jones a Foundling
"I think you have got a
letter to give me," I began.
The Moonstone
returning to his
letter, she was disappointed at the outset.
I Say No
Most of the spectators testified to having seen, on the breast of the unhappy minister, a SCARLET
LETTER -- the very semblance of that worn by Hester Prynne -- imprinted in the flesh.
Scarlet Letter
"Wait, then." And the young king began to write the following
letter, which cost him more than one sigh, although, at the same time, something like a feeling of triumph glittered in his eyes:
Ten Years Later