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LETTER LXVII. Answer from a Lady to Her Lover's...

Media, Pennsylvania, August 7, 1013.
Oh, My Dear Arthur:

How could you be so cruel as to promise that you would marry me, and even to tell me to announce the fact to my relatives and acquaintances? You surely cannot realize the cruel position in which you have placed me. I feel as though I shall die of regret and shame. Regret that you could find it in your heart to treat me so unhandsomely and unfeelingly; shame, that you make me appear so unworthy that a gentle- man should cast me off -- for such is the appearance that my case will have. Dear Arthur, do not fear that I cannot stand my share of the trials and privations attendant upon poverty. We both have our health, our youth and our strength. The best folks in our neighborhood began life under no more favoring auspices, and they are now in good circumstances, and are more highly esteemed than many families I could name, that began life with plenty of money. I beg of you to think over these things, and many others which your superior mind will present to you. Sincerely hoping that your next will tell me that you have reconsidered your intention of deferring our marriage,

I am sincerely your loving,

Topsy.
To Mr. Arthur Denivor, Esq.

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