"Here," she said, "read this, and you will know all."
Hilda took the letter and read it in silence, all through, and then commencing it again, she once more read it through to the end.
Then she flung her arms around Zillah, impulsively, and strained her to her heart.
"You understand all now?"
"All," said Hilda.
"And what do you think?"
"Think! It is horrible!"
"What would you do?"
"I?" cried Hilda, starting up.
"I would kill myself."