Dear Miss Blue,

Somehow the antics of Linguini really don't surprise me.  I remember his passion for a little drink once in a while as  he swept the floors and polished the expensive sterling there in Melba's lovely home. But it is true, Miss Blue, the nature of cousins when they get together can often be confusing to the likes of Linguini and his relatives; drinking while dusting and polishing always needed to make the time enjoyable. lazy folks need the appetizers, a little wine here and there and toasting to one another and always the singing and telling the same old jokes. A pantry with wine bottles of every expensive kind has its appeal and so, with hardly a backward look, the playful trio helped themselves to the delights of sipping while they vacuumed and polished.  As for the Queen's second cousins? I, for one, Miss Blue, prefer to let the company just drop by and surely they will understand the charming clutter of unwashed dishes in the kitchen and books strewn across the table and even rugs needing to be swept.
Give my regards to Melba and Fanny and you, Miss Blue, and any cousins you see hanging around the neighborhood.

Love, Pearl.