Контекст:

The letter might be cried at the market cross yet still it is in the quiet style of confiding and affectionate regard.

market cross

noun

a cross or cross-shaped building set up where a market is held and often the scene of public business such as giving of notices or reading of warrants

cry - оглашать, объявлять

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to cry out or just to cry are literary and/or archaic terms for either 'to shout' or 'to announce in a loud voice'. In modern English 'to cry' means оплакать in 95+% of cases -- but not here.

Example:

* 'During the 1892 UK General Election campaign, the Liberal Party leader addressed a crowd of voters in Leeds and asked: "If I promise to free you, will you vote for me?" "No!" they cried.'

Note also the former post of 'Town Crier' -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6U7_uz-g9Q -- not someone who sobs, but a local official who, in the past, announced important local/national news in the centre of a town, typically the market place. (This post has now been abolished in most British towns, of course, except in a few tourist hotspots).