Dear Melody

I’ve had 2 since our last letter, one gentleman is so dramatic, a regular Mister Rochester, his life, according to him is so bleak and he talks of the darkness of his life so very often. His letters read less like letters of a gentleman seeking to find affection, but rather someone who needs to pour out the loneliness of his life to another soul.

The other gentleman is more reserved, but I would say he seems almost sadder somehow. The first gent seems to have accepted his lot in life, with all of it’s dark melodrama, the other seems to simply be lonely. His circumstances in life do not seem to match with his personality.

As to who they are I have no idea who they are if I am honest! But when you are home we should have tea and you might be able to discern something from their hand writing.

I heard a rumour in The Painted Lady that a house had been taken for you in Irvingly? Is this true? Are you really coming home soon?

Love Benevolence

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Lady is a wonder