Dear Pearl,

Thank you, Dear, for sending the wonderful story. It is good to know that the muse has not left you and that your typewriter is busy again! Fanny says she wishes we could grow cucumbers too. She and Louise have planted some in the coffee cups from the oiseau bleu pattern. They are lined up on the south window in the kitchen and we are drinking from the mugs instead.

Melba is back once again and more beautiful than ever. She has made amends with dear little Fanny and introduced us to her new beau, Jack Jocko. He is pleasant enough to look at but can only talk about one thing: Golf, golf, golf. Of all the wars and clothing sales and movie stars in the world he is quite ignorant. Love truly is blind, isn't it?

I Remain Your Devoted Miss Blue