Can nothing remove it? Is there no hope?
Forgive me for asking these questions. I cannot bear up against my
bitter disappointment. Neither she, nor you, nor any one but myself, can
know how I love her.
"Ever most truly yours,
"GEORGE BARTRAM.
"P. S.--I shall leave for England in a day or two, passing through
London on my way to St. Crux. There are family reasons, connected with
the hateful subject of money, which make me look forward with anything
but pleasure to my next interview with my uncle. If you address your
letter to Long's Hotel, it will be sure to reach me."
III.
_From Miss Garth to George Bartram._
"Westmoreland House, April 16th.
"DEAR MR. BARTRAM--You only did me justice in supposing that your letter
would distress me. If you had supposed that it would make me excessively
angry as well, you would not have been far wrong. I have no patience
with the pride and perversity of the young women of the present day.
"I have heard from Norah. It is a long letter, stating the particulars
in full detail. I am now going to put all the confidence in your honor
and your discretion which I really feel. For your sake, and for Norah's,
I am going to let you know what the scruple really is which has misled
her into the pride and folly of refusing you.
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