It all shows that it does
not do to be grasping.
_Had I not written the letter, there would have been no
tradgedy_.
But I wrote it and if I do say it, it was a _letter_. I
commenced it "Darling," and I said I was mad to see him, and
that I would always love him. But I told him that the Familey
objected to him, and that this was to end everything between us.
They had started the phonograph in the library, and were playing
"The Rosary." So I ended with a verse from that. It was really
a most affecting letter. I almost wept over it myself, because,
if there had been a Harold, it would have broken his Heart.
Of course I meant to give it to Hannah to mail, and she
would give it to mother. Then, after the family had read it and
it had got in its work, including the set of furs, they were
welcome to mail it. It would go to the Dead Letter Office, since
there was no Harold. It could not come back to me, for I had
only signed it "Barbara." I had it all figured out carefully. It
looked as if I had everything to gain, including the furs, and
nothing to lose. Alas, how little I knew!
"The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft aglay.
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