I returned to university to find one of Thomas’s letters waiting for me.
Meggie’s expecting a blessed event! No, it’s not ours, you sod. The baby is due in about six months. Meggie married Alfie—
Good God, one of the grooms at Thorny Walk?
—last autumn, and they seem very happy!
I looked at the date on the letter. This news was at least five months old. I smiled and shook my head. If that wasn’t like Thomas to delay in sending off the letter.
I was pleased to hear that Meggie and Alfie had found happiness together. I’d write to Thomas and ask him to look into finding a gift for the baby when he or she arrived.
Given the length of time between letters, I expected the next letter I received to be filled with news about Meggie and Alfie’s baby, and while he did mention the birth of a li
