Miss Fairchild,

I doubt it's much better here, but I hardly feel the same sense of impending doom that I did when the laughing plague struck years ago. I originally thought it would last no more than a week or so. We may not be permitted to use magic at our age, but it makes me uneasy that no one would be able to in the event of an emergency.

Has news of the recent troll attack reached Irvingly yet?

Sincerely,