Wednesday, June 1, 12 midnight
`` And now , Nora , if it were you , do you mean to say that you would remain with him ? '' asked Mrs. Trevelyan . Nora simply replied that anything under any circumstances would be better than a separation . On the morning of the third day there came the following letter : -- Wednesday , June 1 , 12 midnight . DEAREST EMILY , You will readily believe me when I say that I never in my life was so wretched as I have been during the last two days . That you and I should be in the same house together and not able to speak to each other is in itself a misery , but this is terribly enhanced by the dread lest this state of things should be made to continue . I want you to understand that I do not in the least suspect you of having as yet done anything wrong , -- or having even said anything injurious either to my position as your husband , or to your position as my wife .