August 10, 1891
to the flame of my desire and the light of my heart,
Words overwhelm and fail you? I pity your poor confused tongue. Come see me and I can give it more useful employment than stumbling over epithets. (though the words you did find were exquisite).
In all seriousness, my darling, you need not be so maudlin about the passing of the season. I was yours before the school year ended and I will be yours again after it begins. Do you worry that a month apart from you will cause me to lose my appetite for your company? If so you have no idea how dependent I have become on your presence. A month, six months, a year of absence could only serve to make my passion for you burn all the stronger. A wanderer stranded in the desert does not forget the taste of cool water for the lack of it, but desires it all the more until the need for it consumes him. So I shall be with you — pining for your lips, your hands, your hips, your eyes in every moment you are apart from me.
yours as ever,
E. Selwyn
E. Selwyn

Lou made this! <3