The next day, the letter arrives. It's a long one, full of declarations of love and love for one another. The narrator says that he's sorry for the letter's abruptness, but that he doesn't want to make the girl cry. He says that if she did cry, he wouldn't let her get away with it. He's also sorry that the two of them have to cancel their plans to go to the fireworks show. He also says that the recording of the letter tells him that he wasn't supposed to say anything to the girl, and that he should know that if anything happened to him, he'd never be able to break off their relationship