Excerpt from Rosa Amorosa: The Love-Letters of a Woman She had been writing on a pad on her knees, and I said You would not like those letters you write to fall into other hands than his i I can see again the ripple of tenderness, as the dancing shadow of aspen leaves in a sunlit brook, tremble over her face. I don't know Yes, given certain conditions, I don't think I should mind. The only thing in the world of moment to me is something in myself, something beyond and above all criticism. If anything I have written in them to gladden, to inspirit one mor bidly inclined mind, to kindle an unquenchable beacon light in the gloom of one soul which I found in darkness, could give others a tithe of the same faith in love's joy and power for good and gladness, it would be a good thing. Besides, you want love here. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.