Chapter 12: Henrietta’s Letter Treating of the Great Event

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌⁠By the first light of an autumn morning, Henrietta sat at her travelling-desk, to shoot a spark into the breast of her lover with the story of the great event of the night. For there had been one, one of our biggest, beyond all tongues and trumpets and possible anticipations. Wonder at it hammered on incredulity as she wrote it for fact, and in writing had vision of her lover’s eyes over the page.