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Ada found a sealed envelope beneath the station bench. Its address had smudged in the rain, leaving only the words GARDEN and TUESDAY.
Maya was curious. Perhaps opening it would reveal the owner. Comet imagined an invitation to a cake party.
Ada turned the envelope over. “The letter belongs to someone else,” she said. “We can look for clues without reading it.”
The conductor helped them check the lost-and-found book. No letter had been reported yet. They placed the envelope in a dry tray behind his desk and put up a note: FOUND ENVELOPE. ASK THE CONDUCTOR.
That evening, the gardener arrived looking worried. She had lost a letter from her sister. The conductor asked her to describe it before showing the tray.
“A cream envelope,” she said, “with a green leaf drawn beside my name. I dropped it after buying a Tuesday ticket.”
Ada checked the back of the envelope. There was the leaf, partly hidden under a fold. The conductor returned it.
The gardener thanked them and tucked the letter safely into her bag. Maya still did not know what was inside. She realized that solving the mystery did not mean she had to know every secret.
On the way home, Comet asked about cake. The gardener laughed. “That part,” she said, “I can tell you myself.”
