It’s a brief and breezy letter that Dot writes from work. She is biding her time at the wrapping desk, waiting for customers while making some feeble cracks about how hard she’s working.

She asks if his scouting expeditions into San Francisco have unearthed Fred yet. She hopes the two of them will have plenty of time to get together. “I would tell you to be good and have fun, but knowing how difficult it may be to do both, well, just have fun.”

Her letter was delayed a bit when someone brought her a swimsuit to be mail wrapped. She picks it up later that evening, writing from the McDonald’s house. She’s spending the night so she can babysit.

She tells Dart she’s going to the beach tomorrow with Janie and wishes he could be there in person. “You’ll be there in ‘spirit’ but I find spirits aren’t very talkative or nearly as much fun as you are.”

She wonders wistfully if she’ll receive a letter from him tomorrow.