Dear Melody
I'm glad of this, and pleased that you are happy - and envious indeed of your enjoying Paris! How very romantic to spend ones honeymoon in Paris of all places! When you come home you shall have to tell me all about it, and all of the amazing sites you've seen! For I would keenly love to see the city but I'm not sure when I will get a chance to - and I would guess it will be quite some time before I needs worry about where to go on my own honeymoon.

The shops are faring well - Mister Roundtree, the manager I installed some months ago seems to be doing admirably. As the business has grown so much I have stepped more and more away from running the day to day and now dedicate myself more to the breeding of my plants than to the arrangements. The shop girls are now more than capable of handling the daily orders without supervision.

I have an embarassed confession to make. I have responded to some of the lonely hearts in Witch Weekly. You know that I am a quieter sort of person, and do not get the same pleasure from balls as many young ladies might and I'm unlikely to find love as you have - that sort of passion and falling for someone like that is not in my nature and yet I hope to find the sort of affection that would sweep me off my feet. So I have responded to 2 advertisements from 2 gentleman whose temperments sound like they would be well suited to mine.
I give you leave to judge me mercilessly!

With Love
Benevolence

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Lady is a wonder