At the beginning of Part 3, Section 14, Fred is still attempting to write a letter to Daisy. Why does he not want to throw away his previous attempts? How much contact has he actually had with Daisy at this point?

Fred does not want to throw away his previous attempts at writing a letter to Daisy because he is afraid of not being able to contact her at all. Up to this point in the story, Fred has had a total of thirty minutes in Daisy's presence. In spite of this, he feels that he must marry her.