owl, unwarded, to Jack Aubrey
Stephen was uncertain whether Jack knew anything of the warding of messages. What he wished to say needed no protection, anyhow; the event itself was a matter of common knowledge; that Stephen should invite his particular friend to such an event was unremarkable.
So he wrote (rather untidily; still, Jack would be able to read it, knowing Stephen's hand):
I know you are not much for our Papist holidays, but this one may interest you: the night before All Saints' Day, there is to be some general carousing in the Great Hall. Should you like to attend? I promise no one will make you swear allegiance to Rome. The holiday is quite divorced from its origins by this point.
- S.
So he wrote (rather untidily; still, Jack would be able to read it, knowing Stephen's hand):
I know you are not much for our Papist holidays, but this one may interest you: the night before All Saints' Day, there is to be some general carousing in the Great Hall. Should you like to attend? I promise no one will make you swear allegiance to Rome. The holiday is quite divorced from its origins by this point.
- S.