The letter is written in Long's neat hand, the second part is written in slightly different ink and was clearly written later than the first half, the hand is sloppier and more frantic. The letter trails off without an ending or postscript.

Dear Ida,

Thank you very much for the bon bons, they were entirely delicious. They arrived just as I was dealing with some especially boring depositions, and I gluttonously ate all of them in one sitting without even realising it!


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