“Dear Friend: — A thousand excuses! But the enclosed will explain. I felt that I must go — and go instantly. She might die before I arrived. Will you call early to-morrow?
“Your grateful
“Rosa”
And this was the enclosure, written in French:
“Villa des Hortensias,
“Rue Thiers, Pantin, Paris.
“Mademoiselle: — I am dying. I have wronged you deeply, and I dare not die without your forgiveness. Prove to me that you have a great heart by coming to my bedside and telling me that you accept my repentance. The bearer will conduct you.
“Carlotta Deschamps.”