“ ‘When you, who love me so much better than I ever have deserved, even when my mind was innocent, see this, I shall be far away.’ ”

“ ‘When you, who love me so much better than I ever have deserved, even when my mind was innocent, see this, I shall be far away.’ ”

“I shall be fur away,” he repeated slowly. “Stop! Em’ly fur away. Well!”

“ ‘When I leave my dear home⁠—my dear home⁠—oh, my dear home!⁠—in the morning,’ ”

“ ‘When I leave my dear home⁠—my dear home⁠—oh, my dear home!⁠—in the morning,’ ”

the letter bore date on the previous night: