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Chapter 46

Midday

The postmistress jerked back and almost slipped off the stool behind the counter. "What! Charles? Don't find the door open enough as it is, yer sneakin' through the back door where no one is allowed?"

Charles stood before the postmistress and smiled, more to himself than at her.

"I hoped to bring a package in early," Charles said, "as I haven't much time later in the day. Won't you humor me this one time?"

"I may be deaf, but blind I'm not, sar. Ye 'aven't any package. I know what's what," she raised her voice as she pointed at the computer, "and I stick to schedule even if no one else does! That's the way things are, like it 'r not. What are ye up to? Yer not comin' back here!"