You had encouraged me to hope that it might be our future home; but I little dreamed it was to be so soon, and that you were preparing such a charming surprise for me.
Don't be vexed with me, dearest, for finding out your secret.

It made me _so_ happy! It made the world seem like Paradise.

Ah! I _knew_ why everything was so _rose_-colored.

It was so like _you_ to think of that! Then everything is so elegant! You knew your Rosamunda's taste for elegance.
"But Tulee summons me to supper.

Dear, good, faithful Tulee! What a comfort she has been to me in this lonesome time!" * * * * * "Now I have come back to the pretty little writing-desk you gave me, and I will finish my letter.