May no fate willfully misunderstand me and half grant what I wish and snatch me away not to return.

Half the hotel used to meet in the bistro in the evenings. I wish one could find a pub in London a quarter as cheery.

And O, if you knew - if you could only half know how I loved him how anxious I was to have him - and how wrung I was between caring so much for him and my wish to be fair to him!