you up in such a ridiculous light, and laboring to make such false
impressions upon the mind of the public, my soul was on fire with
indignation.

* * * * *

"I need not tell you again that I love you, for you know that I do; yes,
and I always shall until life's troubled waters cease their flow.

"All communications that I receive from, or send to, you, _are read by
father_; for I am a prisoner, yes, a prisoner; and when you write to
me--if you should before I see you--_you must say nothing but what you
are willing to have seen_. I shall manage to send this note without
having it seen by any one.

* * * * *

"When I see you, I will tell you how much I have suffered since I saw
you last, and how much I still suffer.

* * * * *

"Ever yours,
"Mary."

[The italicising of the above is my own.]

* * * * *

This little note was the only communication which I had received from