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A Letter To Wit Hermia

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Tomorrow night is the time. I will leave Athens without turning back to meet my lovely Hermia in the woods so we can escape this wretched town. Our love is not accepted here; Egeus is a terrible and stubborn man and the law is harsh. Luckily I have a plan so we can be happy together. My aunt who lives far away from here where the Athenian law does not stretch, has a place where we can go to be married. She is wealthy and has no children but considers me her dearest son. No own will know until morning and by that time we will be so far gone they’ll never find us. I wish to be wit Hermia for the rest of my life and Theseus, Demetrius and Egeus will not stop me. Our love is too strong to be broken by the law. Hermia is my one true lover, my heart,

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