Chapter 55: Beloved Barbara—My Jewel, My Priceless One

Beloved Barbara—My Jewel, My Priceless One Beloved Barbara—My jewel, my priceless one—You are now almost en route, you are now just about to depart! Would that they had torn my heart out of my breast rather than have taken you away from me! How could you allow it? You weep, yet you go! And only this moment I have received from you a letter stained with your tears! It must be that you are departing unwillingly; it must be that you are being abducted against your will; it must be that you ar…