"My Dearest Barbara Alexıevna How happy I was last nighthow immeasurably how impossibly hap­py! That was because for once in your life you had relen­ted so far as to obey my wishes. At about eight o'clock I awoke from sleep (you know my beloved one that I always like to sleep for a short hour after my work is done)I awoke I say and lighting a candle prepared my paper to write and trimmed my pen. Then suddenly for some reason or another I raised my eyesand felt my very he­art leap within me! For you had understood what I wan­ted you had understood what my heart was craving for."