“Thelastformsandceremoniespreliminarytoourmarriagehavebeencompliedwith。IamtobehiswifeonMondaynext。Thehourmustnotbelaterthanhalf-pastten——whichwillgiveusjusttime，whentheserviceisover，togetfromthechurchdoortotherailway，andtostartonourjourneytoNaplesthesameday。
“To-day——Saturday——Sunday！Iamnotafraidofthetime;thetimewillpass。Iamnotafraidofmyself，ifIcanonlykeepallthoughtsbutoneoutofmymind。Ilovehim！Dayandnight，tillMondaycomes，Iwillthinkofnothingbutthat。Ilovehim！
“Fouro’clock——Otherthoughtsareforcedintomymindinspiteofme。Mysuspicionsofyesterdaywerenomerefancies;themillinerhasbeentamperedwith。Myfollyingoingbacktoherhousehasledtomybeingtracedhere。IamabsolutelycertainthatInevergavethewomanmyaddress;andyetmynewgownwassenthometomeattwoo’clockto-day！
“Amanbroughtitwiththebill，andacivilmessage，tosaythat，asIhadnotcalledattheappointedtimetotryitonagain，thedresshadbeenfinishedandsenttome。Hecaughtmeinthepassage;Ihadnochoicebuttopaythebill，anddismisshim。Anyotherproceeding，aseventshavenowturnedout，wouldhavebeenpurefolly。Themessengernotthemanwhofollowedmeinthestreet，butanotherspysenttolookatme，beyondalldoubtwouldhavedeclaredheknewnothingaboutit，ifIhadspokentohim。Themillinerwouldtellmetomyface，ifIwenttoher，thatIhadgivenhermyaddress。Theoneusefulthingtodonowistosetmywitstoworkintheinterestsofmyownsecurity，andtostepoutofthefalsepositioninwhichmyownrashnesshasplacedme——ifIcan。
“Seveno’clock——Myspiritshaverisenagain。IbelieveIaminafairwayofextricatingmyselfalready。