The French Letter
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Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written chapter. It is very bad to wake up while in the middle of a disturbing dream where you are to be bitten by a scorpio and when you suddenly wake up feeling something crawling on your cheek. Luckily the rest of the day went smoothly and surprisingly well.
reply by the author on 25-Feb-2019
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A very well-written chapter. It is very bad to wake up while in the middle of a disturbing dream where you are to be bitten by a scorpio and when you suddenly wake up feeling something crawling on your cheek. Luckily the rest of the day went smoothly and surprisingly well.
Comment Written 25-Feb-2019
reply by the author on 25-Feb-2019
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How good of you to stop by to review, Sandra. Thank you very much! Best wishes, Tony
Comment from Mustang Patty
Hi, Tony,
I loved this interlude from the intrigue and mystery to go about with Charles as he embarked on the journey to pick berries and hopefully find some mushrooms. The thing that struck me the most was that he remembered to bring a basket for the berries. I seem to know too many men who would've forgotten that detail.
A well-structured chapter as always, with just enough intrigue about what comes next,
~patty~
reply by the author on 25-Feb-2019
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Hi, Tony,
I loved this interlude from the intrigue and mystery to go about with Charles as he embarked on the journey to pick berries and hopefully find some mushrooms. The thing that struck me the most was that he remembered to bring a basket for the berries. I seem to know too many men who would've forgotten that detail.
A well-structured chapter as always, with just enough intrigue about what comes next,
~patty~
Comment Written 25-Feb-2019
reply by the author on 25-Feb-2019
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What a lovely review, Patty. Thank you very much! I'm afraid that I, along with those other men, would probably have forgotten the basket. I routinely forget to take one down the hill to our vegetable patch, and have to bring the produce up in my hat!
Best wishes, Tony
Comment from kiwijenny
What a delightful chapter. You'll have everyone who reads it packing up and heading for Wiltshire. My dad would get us up at 5 am. And we'd head up Mount Maunganui to pick mushrooms. It was a working farm /mountain /reserve/ best place in the world. We'd come back and fry delicious big black mushies
Well penned
God bless
reply by the author on 25-Feb-2019
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What a delightful chapter. You'll have everyone who reads it packing up and heading for Wiltshire. My dad would get us up at 5 am. And we'd head up Mount Maunganui to pick mushrooms. It was a working farm /mountain /reserve/ best place in the world. We'd come back and fry delicious big black mushies
Well penned
God bless
Comment Written 25-Feb-2019
reply by the author on 25-Feb-2019
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What a lovely review, Jenny. Thank you very much! Picking mushrooms and blackberrying are two of the finest memories of childhood that I have. That's probably why they found their unlikely way into this tale of intrigue! Best wishes, Tony
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Me too. Dad was extremely frugal being brought up in war torn England. We blackberried, mushroomed, got shellfish, . Mum canned tuna herself...it was like eating a science experiment. And don?t get me started on tongue..in aspic...delicious though
Comment from Tootsie55
Well done. A good meandering kind of chapter. Perhaps of a "connecting" nature. No spags and good reading again. I still love your descriptiveness of the surroundings, birds and countryside etc. Great imagination.
reply by the author on 25-Feb-2019
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Well done. A good meandering kind of chapter. Perhaps of a "connecting" nature. No spags and good reading again. I still love your descriptiveness of the surroundings, birds and countryside etc. Great imagination.
Comment Written 25-Feb-2019
reply by the author on 25-Feb-2019
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Many thanks. I suspect that this interlude has probably lasted long enough and that it is time to give Charles a kick up the backside, launching him back into the action! All the best, Tony
Comment from royowen
I loved the rambling conversational story this week, you write them well Tony. The thought of those mushrooms and morel and blackberries makes my mouth water, one can occasionally pick blackberries in the Adelaide hills, but the mushrooms seem to have vanished these days. Ahh but Brockenhurst has called...adventures coming up. Well done, blessings, Roy
reply by the author on 25-Feb-2019
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I loved the rambling conversational story this week, you write them well Tony. The thought of those mushrooms and morel and blackberries makes my mouth water, one can occasionally pick blackberries in the Adelaide hills, but the mushrooms seem to have vanished these days. Ahh but Brockenhurst has called...adventures coming up. Well done, blessings, Roy
Comment Written 25-Feb-2019
reply by the author on 25-Feb-2019
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Thanks, Roy. We get quite a few mushrooms down here on the farm in Spring and Autumn, but I'm never 100% certain which ones, if any, are edible. Most of them exude a yellowish sap, which I take as a warning sign! However, when holidaying up at Mambray Creek several years ago, I did come across several morels in the woods alongside the creek. Quite treat. I didn't know that they grew here in Australia.
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Yum!
Comment from damommy
What a lovely day he had. I enjoyed going on his outing with him. Brockenhurst will put an end to that surely. I don't think there any mystery that would take me from the place where he lives. It sounds idyllic.
reply by the author on 25-Feb-2019
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What a lovely day he had. I enjoyed going on his outing with him. Brockenhurst will put an end to that surely. I don't think there any mystery that would take me from the place where he lives. It sounds idyllic.
Comment Written 25-Feb-2019
reply by the author on 25-Feb-2019
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Thanks, Yvonne. I lived in that part of the world for a number of years. It was quite a wrench to leave it.
Australia is - how can I put it? - different! Not that I'm really complaining. Last time I visited England, it seemed that many of the things I loved about the place are gradually disappearing.
I must be growing old, if all I can say is that things aren't the way they used to be in my day! Goodness, I seem to have caught an internal rhyme virus - say/way/day!
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LOL. Yes, you did. I know how you feel. I'm constantly saying 'there used to be . . . here.'
Comment from WriterTess
Very nice descriptive passages in this chapter. I do like the detail, especially as one who enjoy nature, and I was very taken with the description of the environment, including the birds, mushrooms, and blackberries, etc. Enough detail, not too much to overburden the chapter. Flow to the chapter feels very balanced, enough teasing as to what comes next in the mystery, and a very nice respite chapter from the full-only mystery and tension. Quite well done.
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2019
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Very nice descriptive passages in this chapter. I do like the detail, especially as one who enjoy nature, and I was very taken with the description of the environment, including the birds, mushrooms, and blackberries, etc. Enough detail, not too much to overburden the chapter. Flow to the chapter feels very balanced, enough teasing as to what comes next in the mystery, and a very nice respite chapter from the full-only mystery and tension. Quite well done.
Comment Written 25-Feb-2019
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2019
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Thanks, Tess. I enjoyed reading your comments and am delighted that this chapter resonated with you. I also very much appreciate the sixth star. Best wishes, Tony
Comment from Sugarray77
I enjoyed this amble through the woods and the informative mini lesson on mushrooms.. it added a depth and a sidenote of natural things. Well done, Tony.
Melissa
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reply by the author on 28-Feb-2019
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I enjoyed this amble through the woods and the informative mini lesson on mushrooms.. it added a depth and a sidenote of natural things. Well done, Tony.
Melissa
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Comment Written 25-Feb-2019
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2019
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Thanks, Melissa. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Best wishes, Tony
Comment from Pantygynt
This episode is one of those breaks in the pace of things that good writers often employ in their novels. The normality of life goes on behind the adventure that forms the main story liny and when the author decides to delve into it is often a pleasant experience for the reader.
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reply by the author on 28-Feb-2019
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This episode is one of those breaks in the pace of things that good writers often employ in their novels. The normality of life goes on behind the adventure that forms the main story liny and when the author decides to delve into it is often a pleasant experience for the reader.
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Comment Written 25-Feb-2019
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2019
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Thanks, Jim. Glad you enjoyed this little excursion down memory lane! Tony