--th of May --- Mr. White, There has been so much suffering since I began writing you. For that, I wish I could apologize. Your patient ears (perhaps I should say "eyes") have allowed my words a passage through it all and have benefited me greatly. My sincerest thanks. Since my last letter, I have endeavored in every way possible to restrict Kelly from bringing further harm into my life. She is a destructive force in the guise of a seraph and I will have no further part in her little charades. The happiness was short-lived and I will miss the sweet girl she once was, but I am making efforts to prevail over my menancholic state. Someday I will doubtless see thi[obliterated] the same manner as you do, but [obliterated] future journey. Soon, I will [obliterated] far away from the disarr[remainder obliterated]