September 19, 1889

Dear Julius,

I truly understand your concerns. Had their been another way I would have taken it. But I’m afraid the time for implorations has past. I could not live in a life where it was all a lie. You know as well as myself the loveless marriages of our society. You know where the end lies for me in a match of that nature. I did only what I must.

You needn’t worry for the support and care which Mr. Lukeson shall provide me, I assure you that he shall be as doting a husband as one a decade older than himself. Our love is not fickle as you would have me believe, but stronger than the bonds made of an arrangement between outsiders. I only hope that in time you come to find someone you hold to such a high regard that you understand the very notion of love which you scorn.

Sincerely,

Lucille

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