📜 A tender historical romance set in late-summer Kent unfolds through a letter, a diary, and an evening walk beneath the apple trees. In eighteen ninety-four, Adelaide Carey, a young widow of thirty-one who keeps a bookshop in Wickham-under-Otchford, receives a cream envelope postmarked from Herefordshire — and inside it, a brief unsigned note from a stranger who says he has been carrying something of hers for twenty-three years. He will arrive on the Friday evening train.What he carries is a small leather-bound notebook that once belonged to her grandmother Eleanor, a governess at a country house in the eighteen-seventies. The notebook holds the diary of one particular summer — a summer of lessons and long walks, of quiet love in an orchard, and of a loss that was never spoken of. As Adelaide reads, the summer of eighteen seventy-three opens beside her own quiet days, and a story half a century in the telling begins, at last, to find its ending.In this episode:00:00 — Adelaide at the bookshop window, a letter in the morning post04:30 — The notebook of Eleanor Carey, the grandmother she barely knew09:20 — A summer in eighteen seventy-three, a governess, and an orchard in bloom14:10 — A rainy season, a small cough, a young man's silence18:45 — The Friday evening train, and a man with a brown case23:15 — The notebook returned, a tea poured, a story finally told27:30 — A walk beneath the apple trees, hand in hand, at the close of dayTender, slow, and rich with the small details of an English country evening — perfect for drifting off. A widow, a stranger, a love that has waited twenty-three years to be given its true name.This episode was created with AI assistance. The fictional world was described with rich detail, narrated in a warm voice for immersive listening.DISCLAIMER 📢Bedtime Sleep Stories For Grownups is an independent production by HustleStudios. The stories and topics discussed are for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect HustleStudios or its affiliates.Some names and details may be altered to protect privacy. Listener discretion advised. All content protected under copyright law.This episode might be ad-supported. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access, and exclusive promos.👉 Check our Patreon👉 Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts📻 Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7!🎧 radio.hustlestudios.net/live🔊 All our podcasts — playing back to back, anytime!

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