He therefore showed the letter to her and she read it, and read it again, and finally put it away, writing across the envelope in her own large, clear hand the words--Goddard, Cottage--indicative of the contents.
* * * * * "MY DEAR SIR--It is now nearly five months since I saw you last.

Need I tell you that the sense of your kindness is still fresh in my memory?
You do not know, indeed you cannot know, what an impression your goodness made upon me.

You showed me that I was acting rightly.

It has been so hard to act rightly.

Of course you quite understand what I mean.