alida wrote the letter that mrs. ansley believed was from mr. slade twenty years earlier.
who wrote the letter that mrs. ansley believed was from mr. slade twenty years earlier?
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in the opening pages of the story, the two women compare their daughters and reflect on each other's lives. eventually, alida reveals a secret about a letter written to grace on a visit to rome many years ago. the letter was purportedly from alida's fiancé, delphin, inviting grace to a rendezvous at the colosseum. in fact, alida forged the letter in an attempt to send grace on a fruitless outing and expose her "delicate throat" to the "deathly cold." mrs. ansley is upset at this revelation, but explains that she was not left alone at the colosseum; she responded to the letter, and delphin arrived to meet her. mrs. ansley then says that she feels sorry for mrs. slade, repeating her earlier thoughts. mrs. slade states that, while she was "beaten there," mrs. ansley ought not to feel sorry for her, because she "had [delphin] for twenty-five years" while mrs. ansley had "nothing but that one letter that he didn't write." mrs. ansley responds, in the last sentence of the story, "i had barbara," implying that barbara is delphin's daughter.
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ansley is a surname. notable people with the surname include:









































bullet::::- edwin p. ansley (1865–1923), american real estate developer









































bullet::::- giselle ansley (born 1992), english field hockey player









































bullet::::- john ansley (1774–1845), lord mayor of london









































bullet::::- josh ansley, american musician









































bullet::::- mary anne ansley (fl.1810-1840), english artist









































bullet::::- michael ansley (born 1967), american basketball player









































bullet::::- ronald ansley (1908–1965), canadian politician









































bullet::::- sam ansley (born c. 1959), american football player









































bullet::::- zachary ansley (born 1972), canadian actor









































section::::fictional characters.









































bullet::::- grace ansley, a character in the short story "roman fever" by edith wharton
ansley (surname)