On the back of the third sketch ('I rather like this one, Mr. Ellis,' she says when returning it), is written the following—
Mr. Ellis,
What an equally impossible question! I suppose the first thing that comes to mind would be, What did you do there, Wysteria? for that is the easiest to answer and of course is simply that I was educated. Most of the practical work of my schooling was spent in the textile yards of Sommerset. They have great spinning wheels there driven by a kind of network of enchantments which require regular maintenance by apprentice level scholars from the College.
We have four kings. Parliament is a collection of Lords and a small house of untitled commoners. My father makes things. My uncle is in government. If I were at home right now, I would not in fact be on the Isle at all but would be in the Continental Kalvad, specifically in Imperial Iugul with my Master. He had just been ordered there for diplomatic work.
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