my dear Prince Wonderful,[1]
Pray God bless —— —— and make him come true for my sake. Amen.
R.S.V.P.
[1] The MS. contained at first no name, but a blank; over it this has been written afterwards in a small hand.
B.
Dear Prince Wonderful: Now that I have met you I pray that you will be my friend. I want just a little of your friendship, but that, so much, so much! And even for that little I do not know how to ask.
Always to be your friend: of that you shall be quite sure.
C.
Dear Prince Wonderful: Long ago when I was still a child I told myself of you: but thought of you only as in a fairy tale. Now I am afraid of trusting my eyes or ears, for fear I should think too much of you before I know you really to be true. Do not make me wish so much to be your friend, unless you are also going to be true!
Please come true now, for mine and for all the world's sake:—but for mine especially, because I thought of you first! And if you are not able to come true, don't make me see you any more. I shall always remember you, and be glad that I have seen you just once.