There are several versions for the body of the letter, but mostly the description about the divorce comes in the first part and the description about permission to remarriage comes in the latter part (according to Shigeto HOZUMI, Professor of Tokyo Imperial University.)
その3行半の文面にはいくつか種類があるが、多くは前段で離婚文言を述べ、後段で再婚許可文言を述べる（東京帝国大学教授・穂積重遠の研究による）。