Shortly after they had reached Cambridge Teresa got the following letter from Harry Sinclair:
“Dear Teresa,—Since his return from Plasencia Jasper has been demanding a cake that turns into a man.
“At first I supposed I had told him about those gingerbread dragoons that old Positivist Jackson used to bring us when we were children at Hastings.
“I was mistaken.
“I discover from Anna what he wanted was ‘the true, real, and substantial presence of the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, together with His Soul and Divinity, in the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist.’
“Now, look here, Teresa, I won’t stand it. If I notice any further morbid cravings in Jasper for water, bread, wine, or oil, I shall stop his visits to Plasencia.
“It really is insufferable—and you know quite well that Pepa would have objected as much as I do.
“Yrs.
“H. J. S.”