What follows is a letter from a man who does not want to seem too desperate. It’s two pages of nonsensical silliness that pretty much prove the poor boy is going crazy from lack of mail.

Now you can read the letter, written the same day, that will soon bring water to a parched man. Enjoy this long letter from Dot, describing her Christmas visit home. She uses description and humor in equal measure to paint a Norman Rockwellesque picture of a New England holiday among a big, jovial family. I can almost see Dart grinning from ear to ear as he reads these pages, over and over again.