Dear Pearl,

Magnifique! Yes. A fence is just the thing for telling stories and smelling the lilacs. One of your most beautiful poems! Remember Clotilde and Lily that summer? All day long sharing and whispering and laughing. The potatoes never did get planted!

Louise and Melba and Fanny all send their most ardent love to you, Pearl, and hope you make a speedy recovery. Melba says once she had feelings of dizziness that lasted for weeks, too. But then she stopped drinking and she felt so much better. Do you drink, Dear?

I Remain Your Devoted Miss Blue