- The more I think of you, the more I
- Love you; I cannot see how any one could
- Hate you. You have always been to me an
- Honest, faithful friend, and I hope my love is not an
- Object of contempt. It is true that Once I said
- I would never marry, but that was before
- I loved you. That assertion you know was
- Uttered in a bragging manner, in fact not but
- A lie, and I do not know why I made it. If I
- Could even pluck up enough courage to
- Offer you my hand I know very well you
- Would be surprised and I doubt if you
- Would accept it. I do not think I would
- Listen to a refusal from your lips and
- Thus make my whole life miserable. To dieWithout ever expressing my love for you
- Would be preferable to that. If you write to me
- I shall be happy, but if you do not
- I shall be miserable and gloomy, your letters
- Are a source of pleasure and a failure to get them.
- Always make me feel like committing suicide.
Now read this letter again, but only the odd numbered line.
