"Oh!"  Lottie said.  "No. Can ye write it down fer me?" Lottie asked. As a girl, Lottie had missed out learning her letters and still stumbled with the words of bible as an older woman. As a girl who would one day be a teacher, Kate had broken the cycle of ignorance. Another reason for Lottie to proud of her youngest.  Surely she wouldn't mind putting pen to paper.

"Can ye say 'Anne,  please come an' visit. Don't be afraid. from Mrs Blacke and Kate.'?" Lottie wanted to add an expression of affection for the desperate young Anne, but Lottie's affection could wait until that poor dear was in this house again.