When the Camellia Buds were able to meet together again at a secret conclave in the garden, Agnes announced the important fact of having established communication with the prisoner. After an animated discussion they decided to write her a round-robin letter and set forth their idea of the situation. Each composed a sentence in turn, and Lorna acted as scribe. It ran thus:
The Grotto.
Greeting!
The Sorority desires to express a vote of sympathy for the very unpleasant occurrence that happened this morning.
A. Dalton.
Those Stars are the meanest things on earth and want spifflicating.
J. Lucas.
We admire you for the magnificent stand you are making, but we don't see how you are going to keep it up.
M. Fergusson.
It's frightfully slow without you.