P,
Alas, the woman I speak of is not only beautiful in the face but also a brunette, so, I assume, she will also age quite well. I’ve also discovered she is not, as I imagined, a second wife, bound to the children only by a step-mother’s obligation, but has a husband nearly her age and actually bore his young. Oh, the injustice that exists in this world. It is truly, I think, our cross to bear, P, that we are forced to notice such inequities.
Faithfully,
C.
