Chapter 40: Audrie Brendon to Her Mother

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌⁠Graylees Castle, Night of September 12th

Dearest and Wisest: I remember the first letter I wrote you (on July Fourth) about the Ellaline business began with expressions something like this: "Fireworks! Roman Candles!! Rockets!!!"

Well, my last letter about the Ellaline business begins with explosions, too. A whole gunpowder plot has exploded: Dick's plot.

We got here in the afternoon; an uneventful r