Mary Lennox has been in and out of Milliways a fair amount recently, but it's been a while since she actually stopped to get a milkshake from the bar.
As a result, there's something of a buildup of
letters and
packages that appears in front of her today.
The surprising pile of paper almost startles her out of the sulk she's in; after all, who doesn't like receiving mail? She gathers up the items and the milkshake and retreats to a table to see what she's got.