Because Miss Gawder's hometown was in a coastal town on the eastern part of the Old Continent, which was far too distant from Tobesk City. Shard had finished writing the letter and immediately went to the Tobesk Post Office with Mia.
The reason he did not drop it into the mailbox at the corner of Saint Delan Square was that he wanted to order some magazines at the post office. Now that he had overcome the initial tightness of his pockets when he first arrived in this world, Shard also wanted to improve his quality of life.
Since there was nothing else to do today, after sending the letter, Shard took Mia with him to the Dawn Chapel, where they listened to a sermon by Bishop Owen together with Priest Augustus.
