I had done so. But of course I have no right
to ask you to share with me the discomfort of a single
home. I may perhaps add that I had hoped that
you would have looked to your happiness to another
source, and that I will bear my disappointment
as best I may.
As you may perhaps under these circumstances be unwilling that I should wear the ring you gave me, I return it by post. I trust you will be good enough to keep the trifle you were pleased to accept from me, in remembrance of one who will always wish you well.
Yours sincerely,
Ezekiel Brehgert.
And so it was all over! Georgey, when she read this letter, was very indignant at her lover’s conduct. She did not believe that her own...