Dear Pearl,

The names you have suggested for the kittens are wonderful!  Fanny is naming her favorite - the smallest one with a lovely pinkish beige coat - Poppy.  She hasn't demonstrated a taste for mouse meat yet. She's awfully particular about her diet. . . only anchovies packed in oil, no turkey, pork sausage or catnip. Larkspur and Sweet William, on the other hand, are fast and fierce in their appreciation of mouse capades.  They are the biggest in the group, always hungry, always skulking around the cellar checking for traces of rodents.  Daisy, Petunia, and Lily seem to prefer chasing the sunbeams that ricochet off the Louis XVI mirrors in the library.  They leap and bat the air for hours on end until they are quite exhausted, then sleep in a heap curled around each other.  A very sweet sight, that, but not one that augers well for their mousing capabilities. And you, Pearl? Will you be joining us for the Ides of March fundraiser? Melba is in charge of the toga wrapping competition as usual.

I Remain as Always, Your Devoted Miss Blue