*Esma*
Eden refused to leave her bedchamber. I don’t mind. It leaves me alone in the parlor with Jamie. I bring him the journal, explaining that the pertinent parts begin last June when Elisabeth arrived in Blackrock city.
In a fashion typical of his thoroughness, which I am only beginning to recognize, he opens the journal to the first page and begins there. Strangely, I’m not impatient with his reading. Judging by how long it is before he turns the page, he isn’t a fast reader. If he intends to read the entire journal before leaving, then Eden and I will have a few additional days of freedom to put matters to right.
We have to make arrangements for someone to take the few animals we have. There is also the matter of the house. We can lock it up, but eventually it will need to go to s
