Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki (paragraph #1278)

「兎に角私の手紙はまだ向へ着いてゐない筈だから、此電報は其前に出したものに違ないですね」

translation

"By the way, my letter hasn't arrived yet, so this telegram must have been sent before then."

kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
: rabbit (う), rabbit (うさぎ), rabbit (ウサギ), hare, hare 手紙: letter (てがみ), missive, note, mail : arrival (ちゃく), arriving at …, counter for items or suits of clothing, nth place (in a race), counter for moves : should (be) (はず), bound (to be), expected (to be), must (be), nock (of a bow)
: coming out (で), going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon)

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