| Let us... think only of the blessings that providence
may yet have in store for us and that we may yet possess. I am happy in
love – an affection exceeding a thousand times my deserts, which has continued
so many years, and is yet undiminished... Never will I marry in this world
if I marry not you. Truly can I say that for the seven years since I avowed
my love for you, I have... foregone all company, and the society of all
females (except my own relations) for your sake.
I am still ready to make my sacrifice for you... I will submit to any thing you may command me – but cease to respect, to love and adore you I never can or will. I must still think that we should have married long ago – we should have had many troubles – but we have yet had no joys, and we could not have starved... Believe me, my beloved & ever dearest – most faithfully yours
~ John Constable
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