Summary

In Chapter 13, two weeks after they arrived at Thistle House Emmy and Julia got a letter from their mum. She talked about air raid sirens every night, a statement Emmy didn’t think was true as she read the newspapers she bought for Charlotte and knew June had been quiet in London. Emmy got one letter from Mrs. Crofton. Her cousin had liked the sketches and had an idea he wanted to run by Mrs. Crofton but wouldn’t be back in London until August. As August got closer, Emmy dreaded the idea of having to leave Charlotte and Thistle House even though it would be to follow her dream. If she was offered an apprenticeship she planned to take it and ask if she could sleep on the floor of the studio as she did not want to go back...