Dear Miss Blue,

Your letter reached me yesterday and I immediately showed it to my friend Mordechai.  Mordechai dreams all the time he tells me. Why, even when he takes a little nap he has dreams! His expression as he says this is weary and sad for the dreams are frightening - often about flying tigers and tiny ants that leap and dance around as if they are on a stage!  Mordechai is very pious and often takes a sip of red wine when the dream wakes him up (he keeps the wine in a beautiful glass decanter on a small table by his bed). Mordechai would be happy to share his wine with Linquini whenever they meet! That's what friends are for, of course.

I must hurry now for the postman will be coming by to pick up the mail and I'm hoping that you will have it in your mailbox this very day.

Love, Pearl