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<p>A week later a letter came for Michael. It was in Sophie’s handwriting. Potch was beside himself with anxiety and excitement. He wrote to Michael, care of an opal-buyer they were on good terms with and who might know where Michael was staying. In the bewilderment of his going, Potch had not thought to ask Michael where he would live, or where a letter would find him.</p>
<p>Michael came back to Fallen Star when he received the letter. He had not seen Sophie. No one he knew or had spoken to had seen anything of her after she left the train. Michael handed the letter to Potch as soon as he got back into the hut.</p>
<p>Sophie wrote that she had gone away because she wanted to learn to be a singer, and that she would be on her way to America when they received it. She explained that she had made up her mind to go quite suddenly, and she had not wanted Michael to know because she remembered his promise to her mother. She knew he would not let her go away from the Ridge if he could help it. She had sold her necklace, she said, and had got £100 for it, so had plenty of money. Potch and Michael were not to worry about her. She would be all right, and when she had made a name for herself as a singer, she would come home to the Ridge to see them. “Don’t be angry, Michael dear,” the letter ended, “with your lovingest Sophie.”</p>
<p>Potch looked at Michael; he wondered whether the thought in his own mind had reached Michael’s. But</p>
<p>Michael was too dazed and overwhelmed to think at all.</p>
<p>Potch looked at Michael; he wondered whether the thought in his own mind had reached Michael’s. But Michael was too dazed and overwhelmed to think at all.</p>
<p>“There’s one thing, Potch,” he said; “if she’s gone to America, we could write to <abbr>Mr.</abbr> Armitage and ask him to keep an eye on her. And,” he added, “if she’s gone to America⁠ ⁠… it’s just likely she may be on the same boat as <abbr>Mr.</abbr> Armitage, and he’d look after her.”</p>
<p>Potch watched his face. The thought in his mind had not occurred to Michael, then, he surmised.</p>
<p>“He’d see she came to no harm.”</p>
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