Idle Asides, No. 3 — My Delightful (?) Correspondence with Mr. Fisalis
✦✦✦Idle Asides, No. 3 — My Delightful (?) Correspondence with Mr. Fisalis✦✦✦
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Dearest Viola,
Thank you for your reply. I am terribly sorry to have rushed you, but I could not bear the thought of being without you for a moment longer.
As soon as I laid eyes on your handwriting—it looked exactly as I imagined it—I felt as though you were here with me and my weariness lifted. Your letters are worth more than gold to me. I will treasure them and keep them close.
It was plain to see from the spaces between your lines that you are lonely without me there. Good husbands are responsible for ridding their wives of such feelings as quickly as possible, are they not? But since we are not yet at a stage where we can go public with our operations, it appears as though our work will take more time.
In truth, I want to see you so desperately that I would even take on the position of messenger myself, but regrettably, I am not permitted to do so. It is the promise of seeing you again that keeps me working my hardest, despite the pain! I can imagine how lonely you must be, but please, try to endure it just a little while longer.
Oh, yes. I sent you some fruit from the duchy as per your letter. I reckon that they will be perfectly ripe by the time they arrive, so be sure to eat them soon once they do. I can send more if there are not enough. Since I am the one sending them, please do not hesitate to ask me for more. There is no need for you to bother Rohtas or Cartham!
The large, round, red ones are... [There was a lengthy description here about what the fruits were like and how to eat them that I took the liberty of omitting.]
I urge you to take care of yourself while I am away.
Yours, Cercis
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“...The spaces between my lines didn’t mean anything...”