I requestrequestthem to suspend their decision until they have read my narrative .
In regard to my answer , I must humbly requestrequestyour Ladyship to write to this effect : " That I would not , upon any account , intentionally offend Madame Duval ; but that I have weighty , nay unanswerable reasons for detainingdetainher grand-daughter at present in England ; the principal of which is , that it was the earnest desire of one to whose will she owes implicit duty .
It was the manner in which all this , and much more , was saidsay-- it was the apparent heart that went with his requestrequest-- which allowed me no room for hesitation ; and I accordingly obeyed forthwith what I still considered a very singular summons .