Chapter 1 THE POSt Office Rest time is over Ella says Great Aunt Raven I have another odd job for you
I am reading in the library trying to stay warm next to the dying fire Weak flames flicker over a pile of woody ash There is barely enough light to see the words on the page
Can't it wait I ask I am almost done with this chapter Great Aunt Raven twists the chain of her gold pocket watch around her knobby fingers She checks the time and frowns Without warning she grabs the book from my hands and stuffs it into her pocket
