'What need of a letter?
surely that is sufficient.' "'I do not mean your letter.

I mean his,--the one which you hold in your hands.' "'This ?' she queried, looking down on it,--'this ?' "I thought the repetition senseless and affected, but I answered, 'Yes,--that.

He will not believe you are in earnest if you keep his avowal of love.

You must give him up entirely.

If you let me send that back, with your words, he shall never--at least from me--have clew or reason for your conduct.