The eyes of the girl smiled up at him through her tears. she lifted her lips to his. "then you will never die! " she said. 21 each letter began much in the same way. "the war is still going on. you can read about it in the papers. what i want you to know is that i love you as no man ever--" and so on for many pages. the last paragraph of this passage indicates that chesterton wrote to the love of his life frequently in order to a) keep up his writing skills. b) let her know that he was ok. c) give her facts about the war. d) ease his conscience about leaving.