Letters

Louisa May Alcott

• Louisa May AlcottOn The Lazarus Trust: "How much do I really know about this society? I do not know what to classify it as. It claims to be a fellowship of explorers and scientists pushing the boundaries of knowledge, yet I have encountered a few mysteries around its inception and leadership. I state them here as I discover them.
       "1. The Lazarus Trust's journals date back to the winter of 1831 in their archives, yet in 1821 I distinctly remember seeing one of their publications in Cairo. When was the trust founded?
       "2. Dr. Dipple referred to our contact in Vienna, Wendell Harper, as both and immortal (or nearly so) and a Lazarine. Are these one and the same thing? Who are the Lazarines, and am I one of them or merely a pawn of this hidden circle?
       "3. Who is the Quiet Man, the elusive head of the Lazarus Trust? Why has no one met him?"