Fordham Nov. 23d 1848--Dear Sarah--my own dear sister Sarah--
If there is any pity in your heart reply immediately to this letter, & let me know why it is, I do not hear from Annie--If I do not hear from her soon, I shall surely die--I fancy everything evil--sometimes I even think that I have offended her, & that she no longer loves or cares for me--I wrote her a long letter eight days ago, enclosing one from my mother who wrote again on the 19th[.] Not one word has reached us in reply[ ;] oh Sarah, if I did not love your sister, with the purest & most unexacting love, I would not dare confide in you-- but you do know, how truly--how purely I love her, & you will forgive me, for you know also, how impossible it is to see & not to love her--In my wildest dreams, I have never fancied any being so totally lovely--so goof--so true--so noble so pure--so virtuous--her silence fills my whole soul with terror--Can she have received my letter? If she is angry with me dear Sarah, say to her, that on my knees, I beseech her to pardon me--tell her that I am her slave in all things-- that whatever she bids me do, I will do--if even she says, I must never see her again or write to her--Let me but hear from her once more, & I can bear whatever happens. oh Sarah you would pity me, if you knew the agony of my heart, as I write these words--do not fail to answer me at once[.]
God bless you my sweet sister--
Edgar--
Miss S. H. Heywood.
Westford--Mass.
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