I'm only sorry that we've become a burden to you, dearest husband.

If I knew that Elbryan, my dearest husband, would be lost to me forever?

What fault of mine, dearest husband, has turned your affection from me?

To our dearest husband and Dad from your five lucky girls.

I had got no further than 'My dearest husband,' and my pen-handle was a fringe.

My dearest husband, guard your precious life.

But tell me, my dearest husband.

The letters indicate that the two had married on 20 May 1872, after which her letters to him are addressed "my dearest husband".

Stretching out her trembling hands towards it, she exclaims, "O, dearest husband, is it thus you return to me?"

My dearest husband, I am devastated, lost and alone.