Dear James,
Everyday I think of you. How are you? You must be busy with your state affairs and all those riots at Pacem. Be careful please. The autumns harvest isn't much. Barely anything is growing on our lands. Papa keeps going on his odd trips and I'm worried about him. These trips take money and we had to sell the last of our cattle. In short, money is scarce and we barely have enough to pass by. The Breuer family has left to find work in one of the cities in Fortius as trade is booming on your side of the border. I miss them but the good news is that Gertrude’s husband, Donald, is happy working for us. Gertrude’s children are perfect angels and Kyle has formed a friendship with her eldest daughter.
I watch the days go by and it seems as if it's been ages since I last saw you. After
