John Donne, Songs and Sonnets LAURA’S STORY At breakfast one morning near the end of June, Mr Brownlow, flicking through the post, a weary look on his face, let out an animated ‘Aha! It’s a letter from Tom,’ he explained cheerfully. He slit open the envelope and began to read. Then: ‘Dora!’ he whispered, and the light faded from his eyes. Laura and her mother turned rigid, a cup halfway to Laura’s lips. ‘What is it?’ Theodora said in a faint voice. ‘James?’ He finished the letter and passed it across to her, his face that of a man struck down. ‘What’s the matter, Papa? Tell us,’ Laura begged. ‘What has the boy done?’ he cried, and pressed his hands to his face. ‘Papa!’ Laura pushed back her chair and rushed to help him. Across the table, Mrs Brownlow read the letter and gasped out, ‘Oh, Tommy!’ It was Laura’s turn to take the sheet of cheap white paper. She read it with growing horror. Her brother had given up all plans for the priesthood.
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