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Dear uncle Cedric,
Thank you for the lovely silver bracelet, the handwork on the engraving alone is inspiring.
It would appear that several of my letters have been delayed in posting to your station. To avoid the risk of being repetitive I shall avoid speaking of their contents until they have been located (or declared lost).
Now on to my Big News! I have accepted new employment, the terms of which include my relocating to the former Russian fur trade capital Sitka, in the Alaska territory. My employers are paying my passage there and assisting in the arrangements of my living quarters. Unfortunately this will mean that I shall miss all of the summer soirees and social events that I was planning on attending, but it is a small trade off for the opportunity.
My former employers were saddened to see me leave, but understood that I could no longer remain with them. As it was their business is suffering the effects of a slow season and could not afford to keep me in their employ for much longer.
I have been very busy these past few weeks setting my affairs in order and arranging the disbursement of my household goods. Unfortunately the urgency of my new job has left me little time to bid farewell to my many friends and acquaintances before I embark on my journey northward. While I know a few would wet my collar with their tearful goodbyes, most others will barely note my passing.
Those two situations that I spoke to you of in person on your last visit resolved exactly as you foretold. The one was indeed a case of disingenuousness as you feared. I am glad that I took your advise to lay my judgment solely upon the weight of their actions and to disregard their past assurances and promises.
The other, it would seem, found the attitudes of their social peers far too weighty to not adopt as their own. It always amuses me to realize how those who label themselves “free-thinkers” often lack the ability (or the fortitude)”to be “free-acting”
I am releasing my syce, Ram Dass, from service. He has been a faithful and loyal retainer, but I know that the Cold of the northern territories would be too much for his aged Sikh bones. I have written him a glowing recommendation, and bestowed enough funds that he should be able to purchase a lovely place of his own outside Benares. He has always said that it was his fondest dream to retire to that little village where you two first met.
I have enclosed my spare dressage saddle for your use. I would have sent the Brown General Purpose saddle, but it has yet to be returned to me (after nearly 5 months time, I have nearly resigned myself to its loss).
I am, as always…
Your loyal nephew,
Tuan.
P.S. It has occured to me that in a profession where is it the norm to require a skills-test of even the best jewelers, this is the third position that I have been hired for where I have not had to lift a single tool beforehand. Hired on the strength of my reputation alone.
Thank you for the lovely silver bracelet, the handwork on the engraving alone is inspiring.
It would appear that several of my letters have been delayed in posting to your station. To avoid the risk of being repetitive I shall avoid speaking of their contents until they have been located (or declared lost).
Now on to my Big News! I have accepted new employment, the terms of which include my relocating to the former Russian fur trade capital Sitka, in the Alaska territory. My employers are paying my passage there and assisting in the arrangements of my living quarters. Unfortunately this will mean that I shall miss all of the summer soirees and social events that I was planning on attending, but it is a small trade off for the opportunity.
My former employers were saddened to see me leave, but understood that I could no longer remain with them. As it was their business is suffering the effects of a slow season and could not afford to keep me in their employ for much longer.
I have been very busy these past few weeks setting my affairs in order and arranging the disbursement of my household goods. Unfortunately the urgency of my new job has left me little time to bid farewell to my many friends and acquaintances before I embark on my journey northward. While I know a few would wet my collar with their tearful goodbyes, most others will barely note my passing.
Those two situations that I spoke to you of in person on your last visit resolved exactly as you foretold. The one was indeed a case of disingenuousness as you feared. I am glad that I took your advise to lay my judgment solely upon the weight of their actions and to disregard their past assurances and promises.
The other, it would seem, found the attitudes of their social peers far too weighty to not adopt as their own. It always amuses me to realize how those who label themselves “free-thinkers” often lack the ability (or the fortitude)”to be “free-acting”
I am releasing my syce, Ram Dass, from service. He has been a faithful and loyal retainer, but I know that the Cold of the northern territories would be too much for his aged Sikh bones. I have written him a glowing recommendation, and bestowed enough funds that he should be able to purchase a lovely place of his own outside Benares. He has always said that it was his fondest dream to retire to that little village where you two first met.
I have enclosed my spare dressage saddle for your use. I would have sent the Brown General Purpose saddle, but it has yet to be returned to me (after nearly 5 months time, I have nearly resigned myself to its loss).
I am, as always…
Your loyal nephew,
Tuan.
P.S. It has occured to me that in a profession where is it the norm to require a skills-test of even the best jewelers, this is the third position that I have been hired for where I have not had to lift a single tool beforehand. Hired on the strength of my reputation alone.