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_Friday, noon._
I received your letter dated Thursday evening, also the good words from
Pierrot. Embrace the darling tenderly for me. Give Jeanne a kiss for me.
Yes, I must live. I must summon all my energy to wash out the stain
which sullies the name of my children. I should be cowardly should I
desert my post. I will live; I will!