 I don't get it. If he wants to kill himself, why does he send a telegram? Don't you see how his mind works? If he sends a note, she might not get it till Monday. And he'd have no excuse for not being dead. This way, for $1.10, he's got a chance to be saved. You mean, he really doesn't want to kill himself. He just wants sympathy. What he'd really like is to go to the funeral and sit in the back.