That is the difference between us.

You probably have not guessed that every qualm you have felt on the subject of our marriage has been paralleled in my heart to the full.
Thus it happened that your involuntary outburst of remorse yesterday, though mechanically deprecated by me in your presence, was a last item in my own doubts on the wisdom of our union, giving them a force that I could no longer withstand.

I came home; and, on reflection, much as I honour and adore you, I decide to set you free.
"As one whose life has been devoted, and I may say sacrificed, to the cause of Liberty, I cannot allow your judgment (probably a permanent one) to be fettered beyond release by a feeling which may be transient only.
"It would be no less than excruciating to both that I should announce this decision to you by word of mouth.

I have therefore taken the less painful course of writing.

Before you receive this I shall have left the town by the evening coach for London, on reaching which city my movements will be revealed to none.
"Regard me, Mademoiselle, as dead, and accept my renewed assurances of respect, remembrance, and affection." 'When she had recovered from her shock of surprise and grief, she remembered that at the starting of the coach out of Melchester before dawn, the shape of a figure among the outside passengers against the starlit sky had caused her a momentary start, from its resemblance to that of her friend.