I long to see you, to embrace you, to comfort you; but for a little while we must remain apart. I cannot come to you, nor can you come to me. We have too much at stake to run the slightest risk. I propose to write to you every night, and to send Fanny to you every morning with my letters. You can give her your letters to me. Do not send any more strange men to the house. Richard Manx might see them, and his suspicions might be aroused. Perhaps the hardest duty before us is the duty of patience, but unless we submit we shall fail in our purpose. So let us be brave and patient, working not for the present, but for the future. My love, my heart, are yours for ever, and I thank God that I have such a man as you to love. If I write in a more serious vein than I am accustomed to do, it is because I recognise the seriousness of the task upon which we are engaged; it is not that I am altered; I could not write lightly if I tried, and in your eyes I would not be false. I cannot say good-night. It is morning. Well, to us sunrise is better than sunset. Keep a stout heart, and do not despond--for your own sake and mine. Farewell, dear love, for a few hours. _END OF VOLUME II._ Transcriber's note Words in italics have been surrounded by _underscores_ and small capitals have been changed to all capitals. Punctuation errors have been corrected silently. Also the following corrections have been made, on page 49 "a a" changed to "a" (You're a good girl) 56 "appproaching" changed to "approaching" (She was approaching the tragedy.) 82 "riv r" changed to "river" (by a dark river, lighted up by lightning) 104 "works" changed to "words" (the exact words spoken by) 125 "marriagable" changed to "marriageable" (marriageable young ladies) 134 "gentlemen" changed to "gentleman" (Sydney is a gentleman.) 139 "Their" changed to "There" (There lives not on earth) 197 "that" changed to "than" (less than a thousand a year) 218 "comfirmation" changed to "confirmation" (enlisted in confirmation of the news.). Otherwise the original has been preserved, including inconsistent spelling and hyphenation, and possible errors in accentuation. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Great Porter Square, v. 2, by Benjamin Leopold Farjeon