I do not believe you intended for a moment to keep it, but only to punish me for thinking I could do without you.

If so, you have your revenge, for I find I can not do without either of you--you or the ring--so you will not carry the joke further than I can bear.

If you can not come at once, write and tell me it is safe, and I shall love you more than ever.

I am dying to see you again.

Yours faithfully, H.R." By this time, Letty was much better, and Tom no longer required such continuous attention; Mary, therefore, betook herself at once to Mr.
Redmain's.