evie, not receiving any letters from john for several months and becoming worried, goes to visit john's family in new york. while there, she discovers by looking through a photo album that the man whose home she is visiting, and who wrote her the letters, is the short small one, and not the tall strong one. she is heartbroken, and back home she cries to her roommate that she never wants to see either man again. she also confesses to being confused as to which man she had really loved: the one who kissed her, or the one who wrote the letters.