It was simply: 'FORGIVE ME.

I LOVED HIM SO.

I AM HAPPY.

I KNOW IT IS WRONG, BUT I LOVE HIM SO YOU MUST FORGIVE ME.'" "But couldn't you tell from THAT we were married ?" cries out the doctor.
"She didn't mention it," says Colonel Tom.
"She supposed that her own family had enough faith in her to take it for granted," says the doctor, very scornful, his face getting red.
"But wait, Dave," says Colonel Tom, quiet and cool.

"Don't bluster with me.