Well, Dart followed through on his threat to write to Dot on a brown paper bag, in pencil. Sadly, I can scarcely make out any of it from my digital reproduction. If I had the actual letter still in my pocession I’m sure I could decipher more of it. As it is, I can only post it below and hope that younger eyes than mine can make out a phrase or two.

Dot starts by addressing his concerns over her many love affairs and correcting his statement “You can’t love two and still be true.” Says Dot, “I love corn, but does that mean I’m untrue to you? No. I love Ronald Coleman, but do I go out with him and be untrue to you? No. …All the other men are what you might call ‘side-kicks;’ I’d kick them aside for you.”

After a few other comments about his dislike of seafood versus her love of it, and a hope that his parents’ home redecorating will be complete when he arrives, she underscores her opening remarks with a list of her love affairs, in order of importance. (Spoiler alert: Dart Peterson comes out on top, followed by Ronald Coleman, corn and Van Johnson.)