The murder is out.

A paragraph has appeared in the newspapers to the effect that the marriage arranged between Mr.Simon de Gex and Miss Eleanor Faversham will not take place.

It has also become common knowledge that I am resigning my seat in Parliament on account of ill-health.

That is the reason rightly assigned by my acquaintances for the rupture of my engagement.

I am being rapidly killed by the doleful kindness of my friends.