_November_ 24, 1899.
MY SWEETEST EVELINA,--I am duly in receipt of your letter of 20th inst.,
which I regret was not answered before owing to pressure of business.
In reply thereto I beg to state that I do love you dearly, and only you,
and also no one else in all the world. Further I shall have much
pleasure in continuing to love you for evermore, and no one else in all
the world.
Trusting to see you this evening as usual and in good health.