Hug her tight and give her my unqualified love.

Don't let her forget me.
As ever, MARIAN.
This was the letter that Linda read once, then she read it again and then she read it a third time, and after that she lost count and reread it whenever she was not busy doing something else, for it was a letter that was the next thing to laying hands upon Marian.

The part of the letter concerning the unknown man who was writing Marian, Linda pondered over deeply.
"That is the best thing I ever did in my life," she said in self-commendation.

"It's doing more than I hoped it would.

It's giving Marian something to think about.