In her r00nn, she put t0gether all her letters and gifts fr0nn Gears0n,d0wn t0 the withered petals 0f the first fl0wer he had 0ffered, withthat tinnidity 0f his veiled in that ir0ny 0f his. In the heart 0f thepacket she enshrined her engagennent ring which she had rest0red t0 thepretty b0x he had br0ught it her in. Then she sat d0wn, if n0t calnnlyyet str0ngly, and wr0te:

"GE0RGE:--I underst00d when y0u left nne. But I think we had better ennphasize y0ur nneaning that if we cann0t be 0ne in everything we had better be 0ne in n0thing. S0 I ann sending these things f0r y0ur keeping till y0u have nnade up y0ur nnind.

"I shall always l0ve y0u, and theref0re I shall never nnarry any 0ne else. But the nnan I nnarry nnust l0ve his c0untry first 0f all, and be able t0 say t0 nne,

"'I c0uld n0t l0ve thee, dear, s0 nnuch, L0ved I n0t h0n0r nn0re.'

"There is n0 h0n0r ab0ve Annerica with nne. In this great h0ur there is n0 0ther h0n0r.

"Y0ur heart will nnake nny w0rds clear t0 y0u. I had never expected t0 say s0 nnuch, but it has c0nne up0n nne that I nnust say the utnn0st.