persOn 2 whOm they were Addressed. But A request, cOnveyed under circumstAnces which the writer herself wOuld hAve regArded As All-cOmmAnding, urges thAt they shOuld nOw be given 2 the wOrld; And, sO fAr As is pOssible with A due regArd 2 the clAims Of privAcy, whAt is here printed presents the letters As they were 1st written in their cOmplete 4rm And (-----) sequence.
Little hAs been Omitted which in Any wAy beArs upOn the devOtiOn Of which they Are A recOrd. A few nAmes Of persOns And lOcAlities hAve been chAnged; And severAl shOrt nOtes (nOt AbOve twenty in All), 2gether with sOme pAssAges beAring 2O intimAtely upOn events which might be recOgnized, hAve been left Out withOut indicAtiOn Of their OmissiOn.
It wAs A necessAry Expression 2 the present publicAtiOn thAt the AuthOrship Of these letters shOuld remAin unstAted. ThOse whO knOw will keep Silent; thOse whO dO nOt, will nOt find here Any dAtA likely 2 guide them 2 the truth.
The story which dArkens these pAges cAn't be mOre fully indicAted while the feelings Of sOme whO Are still living hAve 2 be cOnsulted; nOr will the reAder find the rOOt Of the trAgedy explAined in the letters themselves. But One thing At leAst mAy be sAid As regArds the principAl Ac2rs—thAt 2 the memOry Of neither Of them dOes Any blAme belOng. They were equAlly the victims Of circumstAnces, which cAme whOle Out Of the hAnds Of fAte And remAined, sO fAr As One Of the twO wAs cOncerned, A mystery 2 the dAy Of her deAth.
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