"Both of you are strong men and brave, but against John Mark I know that you're helpless.

It isn't the first time people have hated him.

Hated?
Who does anything but hate him?
But that doesn't make any difference.

He wins, he always wins, and that's why I've come to you." She turned to Bill Gregg, but such a sad resignation held her eyes that Ronicky Doone bowed his head.
"I've come to tell you that I love you, that I have always loved you, since I first began writing to you.

All of yourself showed through your letters, plain and strong and simple and true.