Unmailed: Found in Seamus
O’Flaherty’s personal effects:
Dearest Prudence,
I am often a man of few words in person, but I find myself with so
many
to say and yet so few that can describe how happy I am that you
will
soon be my bride. I am so very lucky to have someone so clever, so
beautiful, so charming as you as part of my life today. And I may
be am
often thick and foolish, but not so much to both realize and
wonder at
the incredible luck that I have that you saw something in me
before I
truly appreciated how wonderful you are. Now that I do, I must
make up
for my past foolishness. I love you like no other.
You, knowing both my faults and my strengths, know that there was
someone else who came before. You know that I have a son that I
never
knew of before, and yet you still are here. Perhaps all those
years of
not knowing is what kept me from actively finding a new love, now
that long ago chapter is closed, fate smiled upon me in that
here
you are. Who could possible by more perfect for me, Dear Prudence,
than
you? I long to see your smile again.
I am delighted that your father has agreed and has been welcoming
to
our marriage. Since my family isn’t here we haven’t talked about
them
much. My Father is deceased, but I regularly exchange
correspondence
with my brother and
…
..
MumBloody Buggering Hell!!
Excerpt Of Letter to Katheryn
O’Flaherty:
Wher wus I. (Unintelligible) about being a Milloi Mill
rich. I
m also a kniht two or three times over. (Unintelligible) tries to
make
me knigt agin but he can bug(unintelligible with line crossed
through)
jump in his lake. I writ that before to you, yes? Weilding The
sword
from the stone, going incognito as Ammrakius. Good thing
(Unintelligible) King of England to an Irishman. Ha hah.
Let’ssee. Oh yes, found out about Rose, writ that. Found out
because of
son I never knew. Oh yes, Now that that matter has been cleared
up.
I’ve found the only woman I could have loved as much as Rose, and
for
different reasons. Yet somehow, despite knowing everything about
me,
she has agreed to marry me. If you throw this letter in the ashes,
you’ll still find out one way or the other. I’m inviting Jimmy and
all
the rest to England for the wedding, and for some vacation if you
like.
They call it “on holiday” up here. I’ll pay for the whole
thing.
The invitation is of course to you also, because despite
everything I
still love you. And iffn you don’t, or if you try to make my dear
Prudence feel anything other than a welcome addtion to our happy
family, say whatever you like about me, but anything about her or
you
just don’t show, the Devil take ye, that’s MY line in the sand.
Curse
me, or pretend I’m not there, but please come with the rest.
Your son,
Seamus Michael
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