12/22 Guess I sent her to Hell, if there is such a place. I never dared go home again; and the wife and the little ones went to England to her father's place. I don't know what's come to them,' he added, with a bitter shrug. 'I never liked you better.' They shook hands, short and hard, with eyes averted, tenderness swelling in their bosoms. 'I'll try my sweetheart instead for a change of evils.' And here is what he wrote: 'Emma, I have scratched out the beginning to my father, for I think I can write more easily to you. |