Chapter 12: Audrie Brendon to Her Mother

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌⁠Compton Arms, Stony Cross, New Forest, July 25th

Little Star-Mother: It's very late to-night, or early to-morrow, but I did want to write you on my birthday; and besides, I am in a hurry to tell you about the fairylike experience I have had. I am in fairyland even here and now; but I have been to the heart of it. I shall never forget.

Oh, but first—the sunrise, my birthday sunrise. It was wonderful,