'My dearest and most darling knight,
'I didn't think or believe I could love you any more, and then you sent this ring and wrote those lovely and romantic words. Dear dear Leo, I love you so, and I love this ring, and I love the words you sent. I feel as if I'm living a dream and any moment I'll wake and find myself at my cottage with no mask, no knight, no tree, and no ring upon my finger. But then I stand near the window in the evening with your letters in my hand and your presence so deeply set within my heart and know it must be real.
'Thank you for this reality, darling. Thank you for this lovely, romantic and wonderful dream come true. I can hardly wait for us to meet again in my garden and hold hands while sitting upon our bench and speaking of all the things we have wanted to say for so long. Can we walk in the forest, dear Leo, and pick flowers and just be together? I miss you so, and the forest is sad that I'm not there to talk and take care, and I so wanted us to do that together now. Can we go to my favorite little pond deep in the forest - I've wanted to show you the dear place for so long - and soak our feet and splash and play? It will be such fun to show you my forest and the places I've had to myself for so long. So wonderful to share and laugh and watch your face. So wonderful to just be in love with my darling knight.
'Always and forever,'
Violette