The Mannequin House
“There seemed to be something almost animal to their uncoiling, as if they were awakening after a long hibernation.
There were six of them. On each envelope was written Amélie in a large, looping, slightly childish script.
‘Cheap stationery,’ remarked Quinn. ‘Which means the letters are unlikely to be from the same person who gave her the furs.’ He extracted one of them from its envelope and straightened it out.
My Dearest Darlingest Darling, I LOVE YOU!
Oh my dear, sweet darling, if you only kn...ew what it means to me to be able to call you FRIEND! You are the dearest and sweetest and most loved of all friends. How could I not love you? How could anyone not love you? Everyone who sets eyes on you must fall instantly in love with you: INSTANTLY, I say!
And anyone who says they don’t is a LIAR . . . or a very big, stupid IDIOT.
Oh my dear Amélie, I know I am a very big stupid idiot myself – a fool, a nobody, a nothing – and nobody should pay any attention to a word I say, but this is the truth and I will say it and I hope you will take this one thing I say seriously, though you may discount everything else I say as the nonsense of a flighty fool: YOU SAVED MY LIFE!MoreLess
There were six of them. On each envelope was written Amélie in a large, looping, slightly childish script.
‘Cheap stationery,’ remarked Quinn. ‘Which means the letters are unlikely to be from the same person who gave her the furs.’ He extracted one of them from its envelope and straightened it out.
My Dearest Darlingest Darling, I LOVE YOU!
Oh my dear, sweet darling, if you only kn...ew what it means to me to be able to call you FRIEND! You are the dearest and sweetest and most loved of all friends. How could I not love you? How could anyone not love you? Everyone who sets eyes on you must fall instantly in love with you: INSTANTLY, I say!
And anyone who says they don’t is a LIAR . . . or a very big, stupid IDIOT.
Oh my dear Amélie, I know I am a very big stupid idiot myself – a fool, a nobody, a nothing – and nobody should pay any attention to a word I say, but this is the truth and I will say it and I hope you will take this one thing I say seriously, though you may discount everything else I say as the nonsense of a flighty fool: YOU SAVED MY LIFE!MoreLess
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