Bar Sinister
“He was writing Sarah, and his facility with the pen had deserted him. Crumpled paper littered the floor.
What was he, a sedentary man, amateur of letters, doing in Brussels that others could not have done better? The previous day Richard Falk had recognised him for the first time--and flinched.
Well, he must write. Sarah would be imagining horrors if he didn't. He drew the sheet of paper to him, dipped his newfangled steel pen in the inkwell and began again: My dearest Sal, You will be ...wishing me in Hades--or home--for not writing sooner, but I have been waiting on events. I can now supply you with a fuller account of your brother's condition than I gave you in my first letter. Pray share the information with Mrs. Foster. I fear her anxiety must be nearly as great as yours.
Richard will probably live. I have now got him a comfortable room with friends of Brotherton. (Brotherton was Wilson's man of business.) The family--they are well-regarded merchants--are most attentive.MoreLess
What was he, a sedentary man, amateur of letters, doing in Brussels that others could not have done better? The previous day Richard Falk had recognised him for the first time--and flinched.
Well, he must write. Sarah would be imagining horrors if he didn't. He drew the sheet of paper to him, dipped his newfangled steel pen in the inkwell and began again: My dearest Sal, You will be ...wishing me in Hades--or home--for not writing sooner, but I have been waiting on events. I can now supply you with a fuller account of your brother's condition than I gave you in my first letter. Pray share the information with Mrs. Foster. I fear her anxiety must be nearly as great as yours.
Richard will probably live. I have now got him a comfortable room with friends of Brotherton. (Brotherton was Wilson's man of business.) The family--they are well-regarded merchants--are most attentive.MoreLess
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