Here in the crisp autumn air in the bright sunlight.
Alas! How can I disbelieve! In the midst of my thought my eye fell on the red scar on my poor darling's white forehead.

Whilst that lasts, there can be no disbelief.

Mina and I fear to be idle, so we have been over all the diaries again and again.

Somehow, although the reality seem greater each time, the pain and the fear seem less.

There is something of a guiding purpose manifest throughout, which is comforting.