Chapter 31: Audrie Brendon to Her Mother

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​⁠Pen-y-gwrd-Hotel, August 30th

Dear Rose-Without-a-Thorn: I didn't find the amber, but Sir Lionel found a fat little, round lump, and gave it to me; and that seems almost more lucky than finding it myself; because it may mean that something good is to come to me from him.

He was on the Aberystwith beach when I got there, though it was only half-past six. He hadn't said a word the night before, but he