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Thank you for not denying e to acknowledgethis letter she is probably breaking the news to her husband and children She has little choice no that Grand to be read

It makes me setting her final satisfaction in doing it

I'll write you froive my love to Leanna and the children I' met

Love, Rain

I folded the letter, addressed an envelope and went out to find Leo He took it and pro Mrs Chester was in the kitchen working, despite the fact that no one was going to sit down to a forh her motions no , but I wanted to say goodbye to her

"I've coood-bye, Mrs Chester I haven't always understood everything you've said and done, but I appreciated your efforts to s easier for me here"

She put away a bowl and wiped her hands on a dishtohile she looked at me

"They ain'tI said," she told irl, ya have"

"No, it has nothing to do with you or this house or anyone," I said "I have to go"

"I'm not one to snoop or tell anyone else what's ta do and what's not, but you be careful now"

"Thank you, Mrs Chester" I gave her a hug and said, "And look in on Mary Margaret She needs that"

Mrs Chester nodded

"We all do, dearie We all do," she said and returned to her work

I went back to s After I put on my jacket, I paused in the doorway and looked around the s, I thought, even a jail cell like this I thought about the ghost of Sir Godfrey Rogers's dead mistress

"I never saw you or spoke to you," I said aloud, "but I feel sorry for you if you're stuck in this house:'