[A package is sent back with the dog — A basket with a bottle of soda pop, carefully wrapped lemon cake sprinkled with powdered sugar, and a jar of what appears to be... pineapple slices. A note, too, is attached, as carefully written as he can manage:]
Majima—
Thank you for the gyft, & plese take this of myne as well for yere kindneses; I am not familir with 'SODA POP' but I preye it wol be favoryd; I apolygize for such ritings, my hand is pour & has not ben used oft, try not to tese me; I also sout pyne-apple after our outting, & a kindly soul allowyd me a pouderyd cake; take it! for I wol fall ill from so much suger — a wonder-foll invent, but so swete!
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Majima—
Thank you for the gyft, & plese take this of myne as well for yere kindneses; I am not familir with 'SODA POP' but I preye it wol be favoryd; I apolygize for such ritings, my hand is pour & has not ben used oft, try not to tese me; I also sout pyne-apple after our outting, & a kindly soul allowyd me a pouderyd cake; take it! for I wol fall ill from so much suger — a wonder-foll invent, but so swete!
Diarmuid