Letter from Mary Jefferson to “M”, June 21

M,

I should let you know now that we write letters home two days a week. But I’m not sure how long they will take to get to you after we mail them. I don’t know if they go out the day we write them or a day later. Either way, I imagine it won’t take long for the letters to arrive, since you don’t live too far from the camp.

I don’t have very much news to report so far. We have been at camp for nearly a week. Everyone is now going about their daily activities, so the camp has settled into the normal dull buzz. It reminds me of bees in a hive--soothing, but also something to be wary of. And yet, I don’t know why I should be wary of the camp. It is a lovely place, as i...

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