Dear Kitty,
            it's times like this when I realise that boarding school is, in fact, brilliant.
            I am ill, and I wish I had a matron. It's the sort of illness that makes me panic because I don't usually ever get ill, unless it's a cold, but today, it's actually serious. This would be fine if Marie-Pascale and Laurent were here, but they've gone on holiday for two days, so I'm on full duty.
Sometimes I really miss Kirkeby.
But only when I'm too ill to move.
Yours,
      Francesca
P.S I have lost about a kilo since this morning, though.