Brief von Strahd an Ireena

Während der Beerdigung von Kolyan Indirovich kommt ein Diener von Strahd von Zarovich der Rahadin und übergibt Ireena Kolyana einen Brief. Ireena öffnet auf Drängen von Egbert den Brief und der Inhalt wird von einer mystischen Stimme vorgelesen.
Dearest Ireena,
It is with the deepest grief that I learn of the death of your kind and noble Father; and, especially, that it is affecting your young heart beyond all sensation. In this sad world of ours, sorrow eventually comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with the bitterest agony, because it so often takes them unaware. Your elders, no doubt, have learned to ever expect it.
I am anxious to afford some alleviation of your present distress. Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You surely realize now that you will never smile again, is not this so? And yet it is a mistake. You are sure to be happy again. To know this, which is certainly true, will make you some less miserable now. I have had experience enough to know what I say; and you need only believe it to feel your heart warm once again. The memory of your dear Father, instead of an agony, will yet be a sad sweet feeling in your heart, of a purer and holier sort than you have ever known before.
Please present my kind regards to your afflicted brother.

Your lord, master, and love,
Strahd von Zarovich