Chapter 12 SLOPE VERSUS HARDING

Two or three days after the party, Mr Harding received a note, begging him to call on Mr Slope, at the palace, at an early hour the following morning. There was nothing uncivil in the communication, and yet the tone of it was thoroughly displeasing. It was as follows:

"My dear Mr Harding, Will you favour me by calling on me at the palace to-morr