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LETTER XCII. Acknowledging Return of Letters.

94 Monroe Street, September 2, 1913.
Miss May Demorest:

The date and post-mark on your letter of yesterday proves conclusively that you wrote to me and re-returned my letters, while still under the influence of our unhappy altercation, and immediately after I left you so abruptly. Much as I deplore the impulsive hastiness of my departure last evening, and the inexcusable degree of rancor which was displayed by both of us for so trifting a reason, I am quite sure it would be destructive to all hope of happiness for us to risk the repetition of a scene that was so discreditable to both of us. The sudden and decisive step you took reveals too plainly on what slight grounds your professed affection for me was based. My love for you is far more deeply rooted, and the struggle to forget you will be long and severe, but self-respect forbids me to resort to the only alternative of such abject submission to your capricious will as might render our future relations at least precarious, if not ultimately untenable. It is, I assure you, with deep sorrow, and extreme reluctance that I feel compelled to accept and retain my letters which you have sent back to me, and to return to you those letters of yours which have been so much treasured by me.

I am,

With deepest regret,

George Smith.

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