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Rh Tell quickly!

You have… written to her oftener than you think….

How so?

Thus, 'faith! I had taken it in hand to express your flame for you!… At times I wrote without saying, 'I am writing'!

Ah!…

'Tis simple enough!

But how did you contrive, since we have been cut off, thus… to?…

…Oh! before dawn… I was able to get through…

That was simple too? And how oft, pray you, have I written?… Twice in the week?… Three times?… Four?…

More often still.