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Entry #5 - Apollonia
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I wonder if you will be tempted to fill in the background, Apollonia. It leaves us with many questions, we'll be agog to know more. It looks as though they will be having a happy reunion at Christmas. A sweet letter.
Thank you both for your kind words! I appreciate it! Yes, there is a sad story behind this letter. Theodore, the husband, was rumoured to having an affair with a Spanish princes when she came to England to visit. Edith heard the rumors and believed them as she knew her husband had made the same mistake before their marriage. She quickly sent him away and never wanted to hear from him again. She soon realized she was pregnant and informed him about it. He desperately realized he needed to come back home and care for his only child, his daughter Susan. He hoped to come home on Christmas as he was working hard on his own to buy his small family gifts and even arrange a ball for his wife :)
Apollonia wrote: "Thank you both for your kind words! I appreciate it! Yes, there is a sad story behind this letter. Theodore, the husband, was rumoured to having an affair with a Spanish princes when she came to ..."
I do love a happy ending, especially at Christmas, when the soaps are busy filling us with misery. I hopr they made it up. Thanks for filling us in, Appolonia.
Loretta wrote: "Apollonia wrote: "Thank you both for your kind words! I appreciate it! Yes, there is a sad story behind this letter. Theodore, the husband, was rumoured to having an affair with a Spanish princes..."
Yes, I love a happy ending. And this letter certainly does have a happy ending. I wanted to make it longer and less confusing as to what exactly happened, but time is so limited these days!
It works well, both with the mystery and the story behind it. Letters were so important in those days, this seems very appropriate. Nicely done.
Louise wrote: "It works well, both with the mystery and the story behind it. Letters were so important in those days, this seems very appropriate. Nicely done."Thank you! :) glad you liked it!
very well written and I have always loved reading letters.It is a lost art now a days.
Nicole D. wrote: "very well written and I have always loved reading letters.It is a lost art now a days."Thank you!
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DESPAIR & DECADENCE
A Letter Written by Apollonia
My dear and loving Edith,
The days have quickly escaped my mind. I have wondered how you and baby Susan have been doing. I am consistently saving as much money as I can to travel to Yorkshire to visit you both. My darling, no longer fret over my absence with Susan. I am fully aware that my daughter needs her father and all I am asking is that you wait for me and don't run off with another man in the hopes that he will be capable of providing for you. I have saved enough to travel by carriage to come and see you both. No more worries my sweet, gentle Edith. I shall come in no time. Christmas is three days away and if I shall not make it by then, may God punish my soul and leave me to die for I can no longer bear being without you, my love. I have grand gifts for you both and the moment I lay my eyes on you, I know all my worries shall no longer burden me. I still remember Christmases ago, when I proposed to you and the beautiful ball your family held for us. This year, the ball will be bigger and more grand than you could ever imagine! Just you wait and see, my love.
Your loving husband,
Theodore.
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