Finally, in Letter 90, two sisters who were not allowed to grow up together are reunited, and for the rest of their lives, they will live together, and they will die together. There is nothing in this final letter that suggests that Celie is only imagining their reunion. Therefore, the report of Nettie's death in Letter 85 was wrong.
Recall that in Letter 87, Celie said, "My heart must be young and fresh . . . it feel like it blooming blood." This same feeling is infused in her words here: "But I don't think us feel old at all. And us so happy. Matter of fact, I think this the youngest us ever felt."
Celie's love for Nettie provides her with an inexhaustible source of youth. When she and Nettie embrace, Nettie never asks Celie why she did not write. Celie doesn't tell Nettie about Albert's interception of her letters, and Nettie doesn't ask Celie if she learned "to fight." There is no need to. Their letters and feelings, along with their prayers, have already provided this information. All they have to do now is introduce their "peoples" to each other.
