Leslie's letter was short.
She didn't go into particulars.

This man--George Moore--has recovered his memory and knows who he is.

He says Dick took yellow fever in Cuba, and the Four Sisters had to sail without him.

George stayed behind to nurse him.

But he died very shortly afterwards.
"George did not write Leslie because he intended to come right home and tell her himself." "And why didn't he ?" "I suppose his accident must have intervened.