Maurice's wife, Mary, stared at the envelope of the letter for a long time before she picked up the letter opener from beside her and carefully opened it.
A single thin sheet of paper fell out of the envelope, and before unfolding the paper, Mrs. Mary first noticed the uneven imprints on the back of the sheet.
They were handwriting impressions—written with such force that the strokes left clear indented marks visible on the back of the paper.
The person who wrote this letter must have been extremely agitated at the time.
The elderly woman sitting in front of the fireplace slightly adjusted her position, placing the letter she had finished reading on the small round table beside her, while glancing at the date stamp on the envelope of the letter from Frost.
The letter was sent on December 5th.
Three days after the first letter was sent—in merely three days, the late "Brown Scott" had written this second letter.
