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hi he had not left

"Forgive iven you, and be

assured that I shall never forget the happy moments which I owe to you

"I should have called to-day to ask after you, but I intend going back

to uerite I ah to love you as you would Let us then forget, you

a nah to you, I a happiness which has

become impossible

"I send back your key, which I have never used, and which ht be

useful to you, if you are often ill as you were yesterday"

As you will see, I was unable to end my letter without a touch of

impertinent irony, which proved how much in love I still was

I read and reread this letter ten tiuerite cals which it professed; and when ave it to him and told him to take it at

once