[The envelope is scented. There is a wax seal. The cardstock of the note has embossed borders.]
My Dear Miss Arisugawa;
The time for thought in correspondence is the virtue of the form over conversation. The written word remains. Vital and urgent letters are worth doing the thing proper, however long it takes. In contrast, any delay in trivial communication is, by necessity, trivial.
I'll consider the purchase carefully, and, should I lay out Otto for it, am glad to accept your gracious offer. Thank you, it's really most decent of you. Perhaps in exchange I could offer lessons in etiquette?
Under the watch of the Lion, I have the Honour to remain;
His Majesty Peter the Magnificent, First of His Name, et cetera et cetera.
P.S.- Brevity may be the soul of wit, but precision is the flesh, and rhetoric the raiment thereof. A lady such as yourself doesn't want her wit half-starved, nor cold and tatty come winter. Cheers!
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Date: 2015-05-31 05:25 am (UTC)My Dear Miss Arisugawa;
The time for thought in correspondence is the virtue of the form over conversation. The written word remains. Vital and urgent letters are worth doing the thing proper, however long it takes. In contrast, any delay in trivial communication is, by necessity, trivial.
I'll consider the purchase carefully, and, should I lay out Otto for it, am glad to accept your gracious offer. Thank you, it's really most decent of you. Perhaps in exchange I could offer lessons in etiquette?
Under the watch of the Lion,
I have the Honour to remain;
His Majesty Peter the Magnificent, First of His Name, et cetera et cetera.
P.S.- Brevity may be the soul of wit, but precision is the flesh, and rhetoric the raiment thereof. A lady such as yourself doesn't want her wit half-starved, nor cold and tatty come winter. Cheers!