There is neat and crisply handwritten envelope and formally addressed letter for Alice.

The sealed letter, if opened by Alice, reads thus:-


My Dearest Alice,

I request the pleasure of your company at the Avalon Elysian Field on Friday 23 August at 23:00.


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Miss Martha Villiers Btss, MA (Oxon)
Herald of the Metropolitan Domain of Sacramento
Acting-Seneschal of the Metropolitan Domain of Sacramento



Dark Passenger Alice Brown