She just stated a fact an' made the simple request.

An' she ended that letter by sayin' she would soon leave Salt Lake City with the man she had come to love, en' would never be heard of again.
"I recognized Milly's handwritin', an' I recognized her way of puttin' things.

But that second letter told me of some great change in her.
Ponderin' over it, I felt at last she'd either come to love that feller an' his religion, or some terrible fear made her lie an' say so.

I couldn't be sure which.

But, of course, I meant to find out.