‘The letter was dispatched by that day's post. In
the remote position
of Porthgenna, and in the unfinished state of the
railroad at that
time, two days would elapse before an answer from
London could be
reasonably hoped
for.’
That is from ‘The Dead Secret’, a novel by Wilkie Collins
published 150 years ago. The fictional village of Porthgenna is supposed to be
near Truro in Cornwall. I wonder how long the exchange might take now, with
high speed trains and Royal Mail?
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