The Good News and The Bad - Part 2

One, was evidently the letter that he'd been waiting to receive from Princess Asabel. It bore the seal of the Pendragon's on it, after all, and only they would have used such a richly decorated bit of paper as an envelope.

The other letter, by contrast, was as plain as could possibly be. On it, sprawled in a hand that was far from neat, "Ser Oliver Patrick". It addressed him, but something about the size of the 'ser' suggested that it was hastily written on after his name had already been written. Something about the writing reminded him of his own in its awkwardness.

Thoughtfully, he tapped his finger on it, guessing who it was before he opened it. "Greeves..?" He murmured. Who else could it have been? Though, if it was Greeves, he would have expected that he would have had one of those servant girls that he had under him write it. He recalled that Loriel had used to write all his letters before… That was a certain memory that dug at the heart.