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"At our last conversation, I notified you of my intention to

communicate to you my decision in regard to the subject of that

conversation. Having carefully considered everything, I am

writing now with the object of fulfilling that promise. My

decision is as follows. Whatever your conduct may have been, I do

not consider myself justified in breaking the ties in which we

are bound by a Higher Power. The family cannot be broken up by a

whim, a caprice, or even by the sin of one of the partners in the

marriage, and our life must go on as it has done in the past.

This is essential for me, for you, and for our son. I am fully

persuaded that you have repented and do repent of what has called

forth the present letter, and that you will cooperate with me in

eradicating the cause of our estrangement, and forgetting the

past. In the contrary event, you can conjecture what awaits you

and your son. All this I hope to discuss more in detail in a

personal interview.