Simply ask her for a little time to think — and then come straight to Mr.

Bradley and ask him for the second envelope.”

He had one more thing to say, at the bottom of the page, and it steadied me more than all the rest.

“The real protection for our life together was put in place long before I ever got sick.

You have never been in any danger, my darling, though you will not understand why until the very end of all this.

Trust me one more time.