Upon the news of Lady Floyens illness, the family had prepared a gift with a standard letter.
Rose squeezed her eyes shut.We wont even receive a reply back. Why should we bother sending a letter in the na of Count Arlo?
The only daughter of the duke was as beautiful as a doll delicately created by a craftsman. At one point, Rose had even admired her. But when she encountered the lady in person, she found out that she was very rude, cold, and uncaring. Jubelian only had eyes for Mikhail and didnt bother to greet other people. Since then, Rose thought it would be a waste to personally send her gifts and letters.
That was until she received a direct reply from her.
Dear Count Arlo,
Thank you for your consideration. How have you been? I am recovering well, but its frustrating for
to stay inside even on sunny days.
I heard from my father about the roses owned by the Arlo family. I suppose they will be in full bloom soon. I still rember how much my father admired their beauty, and it is regrettable that I cannot see them with my own eyes.
Speaking of roses, is your daughter Rose doing well? Although we have not conversed much, I feel close to her as we are of the sa age.
Rose rembered that Lady Floyen didnt care about anyone else except for Mikhail, but her own na was ntioned in this letter.
She knows my na! And she thought of
after thinking about roses?
Rose was well connected with other people, but she was otherwise an ordinary aristocratic girl. A few girls even made fun of her na, which ant queen of flowers, and said that she wasnt worthy of it. Now that Lady Floyen, who was always at the center of attention, had ntioned her personally, Roses heart pounded with excitent.
Father! This letter is from Lady Floyen!
One of the counts vassals would have been responsible for writing a reply, but Rose insisted that she do it herself. Even so, she didnt know what to write and ended up inviting Lady Floyen to her birthday banquet. She certainly didnt expect her to accept her invitation, but Lady Floyen proved her wrong in her next reply. She opened the letter with trembling hands.
Daughter of Count Arlo, how have you been?
I was surprised by your reply and thrilled by your unexpected invitation. Its my first ti communicating with soone by letter, so please understand if its lacking. I tried decorating it with my limited skills since I heard that the esteed daughter of Count Arlo likes flowers. What do you think? My letter is probably nothing compared to yours, but I hope you like it.
Its fun to communicate with soone who is both kind and beautiful, just like the roses that your respected family proudly owns. I look forward to eting you and will spare my words until then.
Jubelian Eloy Floyen.
Not only was her writing good, but Rose also liked the letter itself. There was a lace fra around the paper, and it was decorated with small ribbons and pressed flowers.
She decorated this for ?Rose giggled and felt a strange sort of excitent as she looked at the ladys letter. It was like she had beco a special person to her.
Rose lay on her bed and read it several more tis before grabbing so papers from a drawer.I have to reply quickly!
She was about to dip her quill pen in the ink, then stopped.No, I cant send it like this.
She called for her maids and made a great fuss. Emily, pick so flowers for ! Laura, bring
so ribbonsthe pretty and colorful ones!
Youre not going to use it to decorate the letter, right? If madam finds out
When Laura trailed off, Rose beca sullen. Cant we do sothing about it?
I can find so ribbons from torn clothes, Laura replied with a sigh.
Roses face brightened and she nodded with excitent. Okay!
* * *
I opened another letter from Rose and sighed.I didnt know she would send
another one
In my previous letter, I had subtly told her to not reply until we t at the banquet. It seed like she didnt understand this.
I guess this is a good way to practice my writing skills.
This ti, her reply was trendously long, which made the task seem even more daunting.What should I say now?
I smiled after looking at her letter again. The awkwardly decorated flowers and ribbons showed that she had tinkered with it as well. It didnt look so bad.
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