Softly She Treads Ch 01
I. 29th September. Beswick House. Dearest Richard, I trust that my letter finds you in good grace and spirits, indeed, I hope that it finds you at all. I have been instructed to send it to Master George Hathaway, from whence it may be delivered to your last known location. As I do not reckon well on the chances of many such correspondences successfully completing their journey, I shall write infrequently, I know how the trivialities of daily life here bore you while you are at sea. The...