I was reminded today of a story about an American woman who I think died just a couple of years ago (I think her name was Jane something). She was the headmistress of a very famous girls' school and was known for her discipline. Years after a divorce, she met a man at a party and his passionate love letter pushed her to enter a relationship with him. They had a happy time together, but the man (he was a doctor) refused to marry her, and eventually started having an affair with a young nurse, while Jane worked on his book that became a national best-seller. Soon, Jane was arrested for murdering her lover.
She insisted in court that it had been an accident, and everyone who knew her believed her words. They said it was impossible for someone like Jane to commit murder. Jane's reputation and her sophisticated character that showed in her testimony led the whole nation to sympathize with her. The victim's selfish behavior convinced the jurors that Jane was just a poor woman who was caught in an accident.
However, the prosecutors had one last evidence -- a love letter Jane had written to her lover just before the "accident" occurred. The letter showed the darkest side of the headmistress no one had ever seen. She was jealousy itself, torn between hatred and love; she was ugly and nasty, and in the end, she was just an ordinary woman in love.
As I saw her cry in jail when asked about her now dead lover, I was reminded yet again that every human was not just good or bad. A part of us are good and right but we all have a dark side that we try to hide consciously or unconsciously. Maybe Jane didn't have to kill anyone if she could convince herself that she didn't have to be perfect in front of everyone.
Either way, we should probably be careful when we recieve passionate love letters but even more careful when sending one!
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