In the mean time, Button Hook was carefully cleaning up the room in her home for the entertainment of Tick Hush when he fulfilled his promise to call that night and make the final arrangements for their wedding.
In that same room, Button found Tick’s coat. He had not taken it with him when her father appeared with the shotgun.
With her first thought of wifely care, she picked up the coat, brushed it until it was free from dust, then gave it a hard shake.
Two letters fell to the floor.
Button stooped and picked them up. One was addressed to Miss Limit Lark, and the other to Miss Vakey Vapp.
Then, with true wifely curiosity, Button opened both letters and read them. Except for the superscription, they were exactly the same.
Almost every sentence was preceded by the word—“say.” Button could not understand that, for she did not know that Tick had dictated while Skeeter had written the letters, and Skeeter was not experienced in writing dictation.
Here is an absolutely accurate transcription of what Button read:
D one