suicide note #1

dearest dear, 

Unfortunately this is the only way to make good the frightful wrong I have done you and wipe out my abject humiliation. I love you.

Paul

You understand last night was only a comedy. 

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Lettre d'adieu de Paul Bern à Jean Harlow,
notée sur la 13e page d'un livre d'or,
le 5.09.1932. Beverly Hills, California.