She would write her letter and post it,--so that it should be altogether beyond her mother's control,--and then would tell her mother that she had written it.

She at first thought that she would keep a copy of the letter and show it to her mother.

But when it was written,--those first words intended for a lover's eyes which had ever been produced by her pen,--she found that she could not subject those very words to her mother's hard judgment.
Her letter was as follows: "DEAR HARRY,--You will be much surprised at receiving a letter from me so soon after our meeting last night.

But I warn you that you must not take it amiss.

I should not write now were it not that I think it may be for your interest that I should do so.