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Rachel's first letter from Eueurunda was awaited impatiently by her family. When it arrived, it was quite a budget. She described her trip to Sydney to Emily and her home to her mother. She even sent separate little letters to Charlotte, Joseph, Fannie, Philip and Rhoda. At the end of her letter to Charlotte was a postscript: Would you please tell your stepmother when you write that I thank her heartily for the eggs and lovely blackcurrant jam, and more than all for the cock and hens, which are a blessing.
If Rachel had to send all around the world to her in order to thank her stepmother, then, thought Charlotte, it was clear that Labosseer was going to have none of the Pools at Eueurunda. The realisation wounded her gentle heart, but she made no sign.