2/23 Oh, my darling, my darling! what will you think of me when you know ?" and then she sat down to write. It was a letter, and the superscription read as follows:-- "To my lover, Paul, who will never love me any mere after he reads this, but whom I shall love for ever:-- "This letter will explain to you why my room is empty this morning. I could stand it no longer: to be loved and almost worshipped, by those whom I was basely deceiving. You will never see me or hear from me again, and you will never want to after you have read this letter. |