I love you--I love you--but I must stay right here.
Your affectionate and most unhappy Georgian.
The sheet with its tear-stained lines fell from his grasp.

Then he caught it up again and looked carefully at the signature.

It was his wife's without doubt.

Then he studied the rest of the writing and compared it with that of the note which had been thrust into his hands earlier in the day.

There was no difference between them except that there were evidences of faltering in the latter, not noticeable in the earlier communication.