Dear Mr Orlovsky
Thank you for your kind letter of the 23rd of last month. I was sorry to witness your defeat to Azzi the Whirling Dervish whilst we were in Restov, but was pleased to see that you recovered properly and were able to leave the hall walking tall and straight. Father said you probably collapsed when you got outside, but I don’t believe him at all.
Thank you for the complimentary words about my eyes, although I had to go and look up “limpid” in the dictionary. My sister says that the poem was wet and she thought it was meant to be a bit naughty, but I quite liked it, and I am sure you didn’t mean any of those words in the naughty way at all.
Tamary Numesti. (Miss)