A man might live here comfortably--could
memory be destroyed.
'There's a letter come for you,' said the landlady as she
admitted him. 'You'll find it on your mantel.'
He ascended hastily. The letter must be from Amy, as no one else
knew his address. Yes, and its contents were these:
'As you have really sold the furniture, I shall accept half this
money that you send. I must buy clothing for myself and Willie.
But the other ten pounds I shall return to you as soon as
possible. As for your offer of half what you are to receive from
Mr Carter, that seems to me ridiculous; in any case, I cannot
take it. If you seriously abandon all further hope from
literature, I think it is your duty to make every effort to
obtain a position suitable to a man of your education.--AMY
REARDON.'
Doubtless Amy thought it was her duty to write in this way. Not a
word of sympathy; he must understand that no one was to blame but
himself; and that her hardships were equal to his own.
In the bag he had brought with him there were writing materials.
Standing at the mantelpiece, he forthwith penned a reply to this
letter:
'The money is for your support, as far as it will go.
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