I can hardly tell you what has happened,
Dexie--it has all come about so suddenly that I hardly realize it myself;
but I was thrown from a vicious horse while visiting at a country-seat, and
was taken up insensible, and when I opened my eyes I found a sweet heart
bending over me; but believe me, Dexie, I did not know it was so until her
own lips confessed it, and she has become very dear to me since. But I have
been in misery when I thought how you would despise me, and I feared your
scorn. I shall always care for you, Dexie, as you care for me, and I am
glad to know that the music still holds us together. I have a request to
make, and if you will grant it I shall know that the admission in this
letter has not wounded you. Do not send back the ring, but keep it and wear
it occasionally. I have had a counterpart made of the little charm which I
enclose in this, and I shall always keep it in memory of the happy hours we
have spent together."
Dexie read this letter over a good many times before she laid it away
under lock and key; but when she did so she took from its hiding-place the
ring she had not looked at for months, and slipped it upon her finger.
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