I condole with her on the inevitable failure of every plan that she has
formed for her sister’s benefit. At the same time, I entreat her to
believe that the information which I have derived from her Diary will
in no respect help me to contribute to that failure. It simply confirms
the plan of conduct which I had previously arranged. I have to thank
these pages for awakening the finest sensibilities in my nature—nothing
more.
To a person of similar sensibility this simple assertion will explain
and excuse everything.
Miss Halcombe is a person of similar sensibility.
In that persuasion I sign myself,
Fosco.