From: drhnobley at cam. ac. uk
Subject: Martin Chuzzlewit on assault charges
Date: 23 June 2013 12:14:48 AM BST
To: cnobley
My choice of subject makes it sound light-hearted but, Carrie, I am a ball of adrenaline. I had wandered around the house for an hour or so after my earlier spat with Miss Erstwhile and suddenly I heard a scuffle from the end of a nearby hallway. I bolted back towards where I thought the noise was coming from to hear Aunt A's "husband" attacking my Jane. By the time I got close enough to see them, I don't know what she'd done but he was on the floor writhing and she was looking pretty shaken. Thankfully, Andrews turned up and manhandled the culprit off to bed. Jane refused all my offers of help and wouldn't even let me escort her to her room. I suppose by that point in the evening all of us blokes had managed to unnerve her so much she was sick to death of the sight of all of us. She seemed to recover much quicker than I did, I have to say. I'm still worked up about it and she was just talking about heading off to bed. Austenland, it seems, is brutal, and not just in affairs of the heart.
Anyway, after being called "insufferable" by the object of my affection not all that long ago, I think I'll plan a reading day tomorrrow and try to keep out of everyone's way as much as Mad Aggie will let me.