_Her name_! But it may be that in the hurry and flurry of the moment, these terms of endearment simply passed through my mind and found no expression on paper.

I could not be sure, any more than I could be positive from the half glimpse I got of these lines, which portion had been burned off,--the top in which the word _train_ occurred, or the final words, emphasising a time of meeting and my determination to marry no one but the person addressed.

The first gone, the latter might take on any sinister meaning.

The latter gone, the first might prove a safeguard, corroborating my statement that an errand had taken me into town.
I was oppressed by the uncertainty of my position.

Even if I carried off this detail successfully, others of equal importance might be awaiting explanation.