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"August 3d, 11 P M

"Dearest Colin,--The one sound in ive thanks' It is as if we had passed froeon into

sunshine I suppose it would be too much if you were here to share it

They sent Rose in first to tell me, but I knew in the sound of their

wheels that all ell What an evening we have had, but I on, and will not rest till I

aladness in sleep

Oh, Colin, Colin, truest of all true knights, what an achieveust 4th

"That was a crazy bit that I wrote last night, but I will not make away

with it I don't care how crazy you think me It would have been a pity

not to have slept to wake to the knowledge that all was not a dream, but

then ca And I have just

had your letter What a sudden close to that joyous life! She was one

of the s, as you truly say, that ever flashed across