MY BRIDE! WHAT BRIDE? I HAVE NO BRIDE!

TO LIVE, FOR ME, JANE, IS TO STAND ON A CRATER-CRUST WHICH MAY CRACK AND SPUE FIRE ANY DAY.
IT IS A LONG WAY TO IRELAND, JANET, AND I AM SORRY TO SEND MY LITTLE FRIEND ON SUCH WEARY TRAVELS: BUT IF I CAN’T DO BETTER, HOW IS IT TO BE HELPED? ARE YOU ANYTHING AKIN TO ME, DO YOU THINK, JANE?
BECAUSE I SOMETIMES HAVE A QUEER FEELING WITH REGARD TO YOU—ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE NEAR ME, AS NOW: IT IS AS IF I HAD A STRING SOMEWHERE UNDER MY LEFT RIBS, TIGHTLY AND INEXTRICABLY KNOTTED TO A SIMILAR STRING SITUATED IN THE CORRESPONDING QUARTER OF YOUR LITTLE FRAME. AND IF THAT BOISTEROUS CHANNEL, AND TWO HUNDRED MILES OR SO OF LAND COME BROAD BETWEEN US, I AM AFRAID THAT CORD OF COMMUNION WILL BE SNAPT; AND THEN I’VE A NERVOUS NOTION I SHOULD TAKE TO BLEEDING INWARDLY.

IT IS A LONG WAY TO IRELAND, JANET, AND I AM SORRY TO SEND MY LITTLE FRIEND ON SUCH WEARY TRAVELS: BUT IF I CAN’T DO BETTER, HOW IS IT TO BE HELPED? ARE YOU ANYTHING AKIN TO ME, DO YOU THINK, JANE?

BECAUSE I SOMETIMES HAVE A QUEER FEELING WITH REGARD TO YOU—ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE NEAR ME, AS NOW: IT IS AS IF I HAD A STRING SOMEWHERE UNDER MY LEFT RIBS, TIGHTLY AND INEXTRICABLY KNOTTED TO A SIMILAR STRING SITUATED IN THE CORRESPONDING QUARTER OF YOUR LITTLE FRAME. AND IF THAT BOISTEROUS CHANNEL, AND TWO HUNDRED MILES OR SO OF LAND COME BROAD BETWEEN US, I AM AFRAID THAT CORD OF COMMUNION WILL BE SNAPT; AND THEN I’VE A NERVOUS NOTION I SHOULD TAKE TO BLEEDING INWARDLY.

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