My dear Booke,
I talk to you in my head all the time. Is this a sign that I am not in my right mind?
I think not, although I have very dark thoughts sometimes, and I wonder if this is normal. Do others have dark thoughts on occasion?
Here is my list of dark thoughts:
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Hmm. Perhaps I should not write them down. What if someone finds you?
I have taken the trouble to bring my pot of ink to this far corner of the storage room. It has a stone floor, which is quite uncomfortable, but I can be sure not to get ink on myself by setting the inkpot on the floor next to me. Yes, yes, you have caught me—I have stolen a pot of ink, just as Louisa suspected. I’m sorry I did not admit this earlier. I suppose I prefer not to think of myself as a thief, but if I did not gather items around me myself,
