Letters To Alice. Rosie James

she was standing. She was glad to be alone in their bedroom, the others having already been despatched to their various duties, because she wanted a few moments to drink in what Helena had written. She wanted a few moments to savour the words – words which included her name with Sam’s…as if the very act of joining them together in the same sentence somehow provided a precious link…

      She read the letter again, more slowly, Helena’s lovely character shining through the page. How lucky, how immensely lucky, she, Alice, was to have been part of that family. How lucky that Ada had applied for the position of nanny to their children all those years ago.

      Alice let her moistened eyes linger on the best bit of the letter. “He was always very fond of you.”

      Then she put it back into the envelope carefully, and put it with the rest of the treasures in her suitcase.