Dora Receives A Cable From Lady Ware

Dear Readers,

I went downtown with my mother and Rita Jolivet, my friend from the Lusitania, to try on wedding dresses. We met my father and Mr. Byrne for lunch at the Duquesne Club. A waiter approached us with a cable. It was from Lady Ware, Edward's mother. At first I thought he had been killed. Rita grabbed the letter and read it. Lady Ware was asking me if I had heard from him. Apparently she hadn't heard anything since he left in late May at the pier in Liverpool.

When I got back to the house Viola met me with a letter from Edward which I had just missed when I'd gone back to Bryn Mawr. He says he would like to come home early but can't. He would disgrace his family and his country. But he asked me to wait for him. He says Lawrence's campaign shouldn't take very long. He should be home in a couple of months.

I got angry and threw his letter down and stepped on it. Mr. Byrne looked at me as if to say he told me so.

Sincerely yours,

Dora Benley