In A Separate Peace, what did Leper's telegram say?I don't have the book with me, and i'd like to know exactly what the quote said, with a page...

Leper's telegram read:

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I have escaped and need help. I am at Christmas
location. You understand. No need to risk address here. My safety depends on you coming
at once. Your best friend, Elwin Leper
Lepellier

In the edition of
the book I am using, this text is on page 129.

Obviously,
Leper's telegram was sent while he was in a disturbed state of mind, filled with
paranoia and anxiety regarding what he had seen and experienced since joining the
military and what would happen to him now that he had run away from that
commitment.

For the boys at Devon, the telegram was
completely out of the character for both the Leper they had known as a schoolmate, the
quiet, dreamy individual who never got excited about anything, and for the heroic
warrior Leper they had created in their fantasies since he dropped out of school to
enter the war effort. The telegram shocked them into considering the sober realities of
what becoming involved with the war effort first hand might mean and how it might affect
them.