It would shock and frighten her to death were I to expose my heart to her.
Should the letters not carry, then the Count shall not yet know my secret or the extent of my knowledge...

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I have given the letters.

I threw them through the bars of my window with a gold piece, and made what signs I could to have them posted.
The man who took them pressed them to his heart and bowed, and then put them in his cap.

I could do no more.

I stole back to the study, and began to read.