Miss Clavering,” she said.“All right, Hannah. I’ll come over.” As I crossed the bridge I noticed how solemn she was looking. 6x “I’ve been thinking the time has come for me to give you this,” she said.“What is it?” ( “Ifs something that was given to me to be given to you when the time came or on your twenty-first birthday-which ever came first, and I reckon, after all that’s been said, that the time is now.”I took the packet which she thrust into my hands.What is it? ” I repeated.“It’s writing. It was written to you and given to me When ? And who gave it to you ?”“It’s all in there. I hope I’ve done what was right She hesitated for a moment, her brow puckered in consternation then she turned and hurried across the bridge, leaving me standing there with the large envelope in my hands. I opened it and pulled out several sheets of paper on which someone had written in dear neat writing.I glanced at the first page.“My darling child. Opal,” it began.“It will be many years after I write this that you will read it, and I hope when you do you will not think too badly of me.
