What made me Laugh Out Loud was the sudden change of subject in that very last phrase - from the rather over-blown (but very elegantly phrased) prelude of concern over the vanished daughter and the suffering they were going through on her behalf  to the real reason that they wanted to contact her. (The English , even more then than now, love their tea!)

Oh and I just noticed - I  should have said "apparently" in that 1st post ("aparantly" is not a valid word), but it's too late to change it now.. I knew that then; I know it now. But still I gorn and went and dunnit.  (Must learn to proof-read my posts..)

Hmm. Bedtime..

Cheers,
Diolma