30 March

Uncle Jack has gone away again and says he will be gone several days this time. He says he has business to do regarding my trust fund. He is used to do all business with Markby, Markby & Markby by mail, but he says now that I am 18, I will receive a larger allowance and he must sign some papers in person. But why must he spend so many days there just to sign a paper? I suspect he has gone to spy upon my dear Ernest. Perhaps he will sneak up on him at a masquerade. Is Uncle Jack a secret agent?