Handwritten black script reading Us against the world with a swirled heart, shown as a lettering design on a beige background.

Us against the world script with heart

Lettering · Black and grey · Flash

The image shows the words Us against the world written in cursive black handwriting across two lines, with a small outlined heart containing a swirl motif beside the last word. The linework is even and fairly thin, with no shading. It sits on a soft beige background with a darker vignette at the edges, and the design is centred with generous space around it.

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Dear Nell, the tide came over the sea wall at half past four, and I am writing this on the back of the chapel's hymn sheet by the candle you left on the dresser. The water is in the lower lane now. Mrs Harker has gone up to her son's with the cat in a laundry basket, and the Pryce boys have taken the lifeboat out to the Gannet, which Tom says is still afloat, more or less.

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I know you think I should have gone up with the vicar's wagon. I didn't. Your father's ledger is in the tin under the counter, along with the rent book and the recipe for the saffron buns that nobody in Cawsey Bay has ever got right. I've wrapped them in oilcloth. If the back room floods, they'll float, or so Tom swears.

Here is the thing I want you to know. When the council men came round with the sandbags on Tuesday and asked whether we'd sell up, you put your chin in the air and said the sea could have the bakery over your dead body. The whole street heard. Well, the whole street has been standing in the rain for three days now, passing buckets hand to hand. Us against the world, you said on the step, and I laughed at you. I'm not laughing now.

The bell at the point has started up again, ringing from the water where the boats are. I'll leave the door on the latch so you know where to find me. Come home when the water drops. Bring the flour.