anchor: I received a letter from Evelyn Howard a couple of days after her departure, telling me she was working as a nurse at the big hospital in Middlingham, a manufacturing town some fifteen miles away, and begging me to let her know if Mrs. Inglethorp should show any wish to be reconciled. 
positive: I got correspondence from the woman letting me know she had gotten a medical job.
negative: The woman was a doctor and had taken a new job in New York City,