I should come to you on the wings of the wind if there was not a reason that I must stay a little while, and if it were not that some one is hurrying to Aghadoe whom I can trust to tear the web of lies to pieces.

He will come in time, and I shall not long delay to follow.

And you are mine and I am yours for ever and ever.
"Your devoted "Anthony Cardew." The letter at once delighted and bewildered me.

For a while I gave myself up to the delight, kissing it and crying over it like a mad creature.

Then I came back to the cold light of facts.