The document announces that war has broken out, as indicated by the repeated word "WAR!" and the date of May 5, 1854. It then shifts to describing a man crying as he tries to remember his ex-lover from when they first met at a railway station, focusing on the good memories rather than how she became cruel and sought revenge, though all the memories are now spoiled.
56. And he tried to remember her as she
was when he met her the first time
-also at a railway station- mysterious,
beautiful and loving, and not cruel and
full of thoughts of revenge as he
remembered her at the end. He tried to
recall his best moments with her, but
those moments were poisoned for
ever. He ceased to feel the pain in his
tooth, and started to cry.