The Embroiderer

A Gothic Body Horror

January 1st, 1865

My Dearest Mother,

I hope you are well and know that you are sorely missed. The house and its rooms are chillier without your gracious warmth to fill them. I am quite well, although things have been tense with Father since your departure, and strained further still since my refusal of Lord Ponsonby’s proposal.

Oh Mother! Forgive me. The p…