[ it does not come so much as a shock as an unraveling- here is the thing he so long hoped for, a metaphorical phrasebook provided to him alongside the literal one. so much more is clear to him now. not all of it, but more than he once expected.
he dismisses the runner a moment later than is polite- graciously, of course, but clearly wrapped in his own thoughts.
another will bring the letter to her, perhaps an hour later. ]
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he dismisses the runner a moment later than is polite- graciously, of course, but clearly wrapped in his own thoughts.
another will bring the letter to her, perhaps an hour later. ]
Gwenaëlle,
Am I to take this as a criticism of Hardie?
Yours,
T.