This is my last farewell to all, the last you will ever hear or see of an unworthy friend and son.

I have failed in life; I am quite broken down and disgraced.

I pass under a false name; you will have to tell my father that with all your kindness.

It is my own fault.

I know, had I chosen, that I might have done well; and yet I swear to you I tried to choose.