Dear Pearl,

Linguini's nieces are here with us for a week and they are not at all continental!  Lydia, Marcella, and Giuseppina.  They sleep with their pet monkey which horrifies Louise.  But they can sing old Italian love songs with harmony so close you can't tell whose throat it's coming from.  And they're extremely inventive with scarves.  Melba gave them all of her pop beads to play with but the monkey ran away with the whole pile. Fannie has some plans for recovering them.  She is not saying what they are but she has pored over her Nancy Drew books for hours for clues about solving mysteries. 

I Remain As Always,

Your Devoted Miss Blue