Dear Melody,
I'm glad to hear you are enjoying yourself! It would be lovely to go out and have you act as the chaperon! How very freeing it would be to be entirely on our own. We could walk along the Siene and enjoy ourselves as we did on Hogsmeade weekends without all of the hassle and nosey ears of chaperons.  How is your darling husband?

I am embarassed to admit that I did.  I am not sure what made me do it, but two of the letters seemed so interesting that I could not resist, one is a gentleman who describes himself as being 'challenging' - in my imagination he is something like Mister Rochester in Jane Eyre. The letters are most intriguing and I imagine some dark and handsome gentleman bent over our letters in a dark tower surrounded by dense forest.  The other is a gentleman who apparently does not like being out in society much - much like myself!  It is intersting to be in correspondance with the two gents if nothing else and awaiting the letters has been most diverting.  Perhaps I should make  a point of replying to the letters more often.  when you get home I shall show you all the letters and perhaps we can work out who the gentleman are together.  You would know more of society than I. 

With my love
Benevolence

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Lady is a wonder