She said she brought up the letter

  "You received a letter, did you not?"   "Who told you, Luke?"   "Nancy. I met her as I came in. She said she brought up the letter, and that you appeared very much agitated when you opened it."   "It is true."   "From whom was the letter, then, mother?"   "From your father."   "What!" exclaimed Luke, with a start. "Is he not dead?"   "The letter was written a year ago."   "Why, then, has it arrived so late?"   "Your father on his deathbed intrusted it to someone who mislaid it, and has only just discovered and mailed it. On the envelope he explains this, and expresses his regret. It was at first mailed to our old home, and has been forwarded from there. But that is not all, Luke. I learn from the letter that we have been cruelly wronged. Your father, when he knew he could not live, intrusted to a man in whom he had confidence, ten thousand dollars to be conveyed to us. This wicked man could not resist the temptation, but kept it, thinking we should never know anything about it. You will find it all explained in the letter."