Mara's letter arrived on a Thursday in week four.
He knew it was Thursday because she had dated it in the upper right corner, day and time to the nearest quarter-hour, which was how she dated everything including her practice parchments and her grocery lists. She had used Villa 1 stationery because Villa 1 stationery was in the desk and she was using the desk.
He read it on the eastern wall in the late afternoon.
Vane.
The villa is fine. I renegotiated the kitchen budget. Henri was charging too much per meal. I worked out the cost per calorie and showed him the numbers and now it is better. He was annoyed but he agreed because the numbers were correct.
I am up to the full alphabet. Ashe said she wanted it by Friday but she is not here so I am going at my own pace. I am also doing numbers. I got to 200 before I got bored and drew a dragon instead. It looked better than the last one.
