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⟨requested⟩, as a last boon, one interview. This ⟨was⟩ refused. She still persisted by letters to ⟨behove⟩ him to grant her this request; but ⟨finding⟩ him inexorable, she wrote to him,⟨saying⟩, thar if nothing could induce him to (illegible text) her this common act of justice, he must ⟨prepare⟩ himself for the fatal alternative, as ⟨she⟩ was determined that he should not long ⟨survive⟩ his infidelity.
copy of the letter.
'Dear Wilson,—That you have betrayed ⟨and⟩ abandoned the most tender and ⟨affectionate⟩ heart that ever warmed a human bosom, ⟨cannot⟩ be denied by any person. Miserable ⟨as⟩ I have been since you left me, there is ⟨still⟩ a method remaining that would suspend ⟨for⟩ a time the melancholly sufferings and ⟨distress⟩ which I labour under at this moment, ⟨and⟩ still, inhuman as thou art, I am half ⟨persuaded⟩, when I tell you the power is in your ⟨hands⟩, that you will not withhold it from me. ⟨What⟩ I alude to is, permission to see you ⟨once⟩ more, and perhaps for the last time. I
