Dear Pearl,

If we go to Japan this summer, Pearl, I would advise you to take your cat allergy pills with you.  The Japanese have been having a love affair with cats for a very long time indeed! The Empress had a little white and black one when she was a girl.  She named it Cio Cio and tied a new scarf around its neck every day.  She would throw the old one away just like that!  Very wasteful of the little Empress, don't you think, Pearl?  Louise would have a fit!  

I Remain as Always, Your Devoted Miss Blue