Posted by Robert Hill on January 15, 2006 at 17:49:48 from 195.92.168.166 user eclrh.
In Reply to: Re: Signs of the Times - speedy postal service posted by Rob Marshall on January 15, 2006 at 15:06:56:
one wonders how long a letter would have taken to get to him.
In chapter 1 of S&A (Cape hardback p.20) they are said to have been looking at the island for ten days from the Peak of Darien when the telegram arrives. So a transit time of about eight or nine days would fit with the story.