Forget me never...

Letter 49

My little baby,

I did receive your letter and I'm doing quite fine. I miss you a lot too, my baby. You told me that everything was going well in the new school. I'm glad. I'm also happy that you like living with your daddy and your grandmother.

I wanted to tell you that you don't need to apologise, my dear. You had all the rights to write to your daddy. I would've liked to be told though, that's all. Your father's anger towards me has nothing to do with you. It's my fault, I chose not to tell him about you earlier. I take all responsibility for that.

I'm happy to learn that Charlie and Sandra have gotten married! That's excellent news! Thank you for the salutations and for the news about Cookie and Captain Niven. Yes, I did go on a boat without paying, it's because I'd lost all my money and that I absolutely had to return to America. But what I did wasn't good, I'm not proud of it. I shouldn't have gone on board without paying. Cookie was caught as he was looking for food and the sailors threw him overboard, just for fun. But I thought they were serious so I came out of my hiding place and jumped into the water to save Cookie... The sailors took me for the Captain's daughter and served us, Cookie and I... Only they told the Captain... who wasn't very happy. He even almost sent us back to England to punish us. The Seagull was not a liner for passengers and he would have found a means to help us do the journey in exchange of a job, if we had told him the truth. We must always tell the truth, my dear. The adventure ended well for us thankfully and the Captain took Cookie under his wing. Thanks again for giving me news of them.

I'm proud of you, you know. I repeat it often, you are the head and not the tail, my dear. You can become anything you want in this world. I hope that you're writing down all your adventures in your diary, I want to read it when I see you again. You are learning the role of «Hamlet : the Prince of Denmark», I think that it's after that role that your father gained the title of «King of Broadway». I was following his career from afar...

Give my salutations to your grandmother and thank her again for her hospitality.

I am eager to see you again, I miss you a lot. All the Pony House says hello to you.

I love you my baby,

Your mommy