Chapter 24: Audrie Brendon to Her Mother

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌⁠The Luttrell Arms, Dunster, Aug. 18th

Duck of the Universe: Five days since I wrote, and it seems five minutes. But I did telegraph—with my last shilling; and even that would be rightfully Ellaline's, if the labourer weren't worthy of his hire.

You see, after the letter I had from her in Torquay, when she wanted money to go to Scotland with her new friends, the McNamaras, I very reluctantly screwed