078 ;;

[the writing is gradually weaker]

[Filter: Private, old Dentorian]

This is certainly... an unpleasant ailment, to be sure. I don't know how I would have gotten it... no one else around here is ill, that I recall, and if it were contagious, it would have to be traced to... someone, unless it was a servant in passing, or...

[jagged line]

I wonder what Mother would say to all of this, were she herself, and not a shell. Why do I think of her... it must be because of Filly.

[Filter: Thomas]

Ah... beloved? Has no word been sent to my sisters of my condition...? Not about the baby, of course, I ... I'm certainly aware that I'm not allowed to speak of that, although... my sister's writing some time ago reminded me... and it felt odd to go into details, at the time...

I... was simply curious, if you and Lady Jelena had any... ah, plans, for that...