The 'Correspondence' Affair #11 - October 29, 1912 (Millicent to Alexander)

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From : Thun, Switzerland

October 29, 1912

Dearest Alexander,

I wanted to drop a quick note so that you would know on your return that I received your postcard. I very much enjoyed the picture on it. I admittedly had not even thought about there being gypsies in that region. But I suppose that is rather the nature of gypsies to be in unexpected places as they are supposed to be a roaming tribe. I was very pleased to see it since it let me know that you had at least arrived at your destination without incident.

Learning lines seems to be going well enough for the 'Midsummer' play. I don't know if I mentioned that Ermengarde has the role of Hippolyta, the Amazon queen. She seems far more comfortable this time through and perhaps playing a warrior woman has had a bit of effect as she has only broken into giggles once and, since I nearly joined her in them, I can hardly fault her. Lavinia has the role of Titania, the Queen of the fairies and has been tending to walk with her nose a bit in the air.

I believe I have mentioned that Lavinia's nose is considerable and the effect is unfortunate, to say the least. Not only that, she seems not to realize it doesn't at all convey the effect which I think she is after. As it is, I now have a great deal of trouble maintaining a straight face around her since Ermengarde made the remark that perhaps Lavinia needs to keep her nose tilted back in order to maintain her proper balance. It would not have been at all funny had she meant it cruelly, but Ermengarde was being quite serious about her speculation, which is making holding back amusement at the mental image her words evoke even harder.

In other news, the swelling in my ankle has reduced greatly. It is still tender and quite colorful, but I've grown more adept with using my crutch, so I am doing much better at not accidently bumping it. The doctor says the greatest problem will be patience on my part so that I don't abandon the crutch too soon and put weight on the ankle before the healing has finished. At least I should be able to do away with it by the first of December.

We've been informed that our archery lessons will not resume in spring, though I have yet to hear a reason why. Instead, we will be learning some basic equestrianism. At least I like horses. Jesse seems to be of the opinion that all horses are like the ones Hercules encountered that ate flesh. Ugh.

Fondest regards,

Millicent

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[mrua7.livejournal.com]

The observations regarding Lavinia's nose and the horses are priceless. These little side remarks give us an interextng glimps into Millicents way of thinking. No wonder Alexander fall in love with her.