Dear Miss Blue,
I have to confess that I was shocked to hear of your stay in the Orient! Why, wasn't it only last November that you vowed never to set foot on that island again, having had the worse stomach upset from eating eel sushi? Don't you remember how addled you were on the flight back to London? On the other hand, it is lovely that you have met up with Miso Fine. She sang the role of Butterfly in Puccini's Madame Butterfly and I was there, Miss Blue, seated in the orchestra section of the Met, a most heavenly evening I will say! Of course, I was not able to visit with Miso, she being surrounded with exuberant fans, arms loaded with flowers, which they tossed onto the stage, and that is the last time I saw Miso Fine, with the exquisite Some Fine Day aria still playing in my head for many days after.

I will be longing to hear of the London visit, do you think Louise will mind sharing her impressive kitchen?

Love from Pearl, singing