Whatever your conduct may have been, I do not consider myself justified in breaking the ties in which we are bound by a Higher Power.

The family cannot be broken up by a whim, a caprice, or even by the sin of one of the partners in the marriage, and our life must go on as it has done in the past.

This is essential for me, for you, and for our son.

I am fully persuaded that you have repented and do repent of what has called forth the present letter, and that you will cooperate with me in eradicating the cause of our estrangement, and forgetting the past.

In the contrary event, you can conjecture what awaits you and your son.