The Malicious Monocle

Rhesus would have run all the way to Patna if she could have. She fought with herself to walk slowly, normally. In her heart, she raced swung from branch to branch over the road. The letter had said not to arouse any suspicion as she kept the forced appointment it had made for her. How could she keep from going mad before she reached Patna?

Reaching Patna, reaching Rhesus pulled the crumpled letter from inside her sari and triple-checked the address. The address took her through some of the poorest and most dangerous sections of Patna. Her adrenalin-spiked journey ended at the stall owned by Hanuman Langur, the Scrivener. Hanuman made his living writing letters for the poor and unlettered in Patna.