Chapter 24: I Receive a Letter

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​⁠“_My Friend:___ “You will know all when you get this. Nothing that I can say will move Bella. She has gone out to give herself up. I am tired out with struggling. “You will know now that I deceived you, that where you gave me trust I repaid you with lies. It will seem, perhaps, indefensible to you, but I should like, before I go out of your life for ever, to show you just how it all came about. If