Dot will not like the sounds of this one-page letter when she gets it! Dart apologizes for such a brief note but doesn’t feel well enough to write more. This, from a guy who wrote daily while strapped to his bed, arse-side-up. To remove some of the sting of his mini letter, Dart enclosed another snapshot of himself.

Dot’s letter was also short, but full of news. Her biggest announcement was that she got a B on the chem test she was so sure she had flunked. This is a familiar theme with  her letters – selling herself short and turning out to be wrong.

She tells Dart that the campus store she works in is as busy as the “real” stores in the community. Her customers are mostly Andrews girls buying Christmas gifts that will, in turn be charged to their parents.

The cold Dot was experiencing yesterday puts her in good company. So far, four girls from her dorm, including her roommate, have been sent to the hospital with similar symptoms.

The housemother gave all her wards a piece of wedding cake from the butcher’s nuptials to put under their pillows. Superstition says that the girl will marry the one she dreams of. Dot has surmised that since she dreamed of no one, she is destined to be an old maid, running a house for old bachelors. We’ll see how Dart responds to that one!