She listened intently as Molly explained the situation, taking a moment to consider it as she finished. "It's not selfish to talk to your family!" Bridget pronounced, finally, crossing her arms and nodding, definitively. "If my papa went away I'd send him letters, too! And if Captain Vine was going to where there were people who knew your family, that's better, isn't it?" It was a simplistic way of viewing the situation, with none of the doubt that Molly seemed to have heaved upon it- but that view was, perhaps, just what she needed to hear.