what was in the letter


In the book was the content of the Daniels letter to Sylvia revealed?

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"I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone I think and plan. Have you not seen this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes? I had not waited even these ten days, could I have read your feelings, as I think you must have penetrated mine. I can hardly write. I am every instant hearing something which overpowers me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice when they would be lost on others. Too good, too excellent creature! You do us justice, indeed. You do believe that there is true attachment and constancy among men. Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating, in
F. W."

"I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible. A word, a look will be enough to decide whether I enter your father's house this evening or never."

Was that what you wanted?

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Thats the letter from Persuasion-which is my favorite Jane Austen by the way. I was wondering about the letter Daniel sent to Sylvia to get her to forgive him. But thanks.

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Oh, lol--i thought you were asking--what was the letter in the book?

We will never know what Daniel wrote to Sylvia--but it must have been good!

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Daniel's letter can be found in the book.

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OP, don't know if you are still reading this thread, but this was his letter:

"I want to come home. I made the most terrible mistake and you should never forgive me, but you should also know that I want to come home.

"I've always felt that making everyone happy was my job, and then like a failure if you or the kids couldn't produce that happiness for me. I didn't figure this out for myself. I'm seeing a counsellor.

"So I was stupid enough to blame you for not being happier. Now I think, if I could come home again, I'd let you have your own moods, your lovely, loving alarms.

"Last week I knew I never wanted to be with a woman I couldn't bring to my child's hospital room. I had this dream while we were in those awful chairs. In my dream, there was a forest. (Remember how we took the kids to the Snoqualmie National Park and Diego said, 'You said we were going to a forest. There's nothing here but trees.'?) I couldn't find you. I got more and more panicked, and then I woke up and you were right across the room from me. It was such a relief I can't even say. You asked me how Pam was. I haven't seen Pam for two months. She wasn't the woman for me after all.

"I've been unjust, weak, resentful and inconstant. But in my heart it's always been you."



Hope that helps

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I finally read the book and I was going to come and post that! Thanks for saving me the typing!

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