Mary, my own angel Mary, ever rests in my heart.

I cannot forget her--I can never love another.

I do not even thank you for your love, for your avowal gives me inexpressible pain! I have suspected this, Inez, for long, and your own heart will tell you I gave no ground to hope that I could return your affection.

I have striven to treat you like a sister of late, yet this painful hour has not been averted.

Equally painful to both.