Dear Zahid,
It was really kind of you to have offered us accommodation in your flat in Lahore for two months during summer. Really it is an opportunity not at all to be missed. We will be reaching Lahore by the Dexule train on January 28 just after seeing the Republic Day procession at Rawalpindi. More when we meet.
Yours sincerely,
Shamsher.
Dear Shamsher,
Thank you for accepting my invitation. My car will be there at the station to carry you home on your home on your arrival at Lahore on January 28 by the Dexule train. If the driver fails to spot you, please look for No.LHE 9999. Pleasant for your arrival.
Yours sincerely,
Zahid.
Dear Brother,
How can you be silent for such a long time? No news from you at all ! You had promised to write a letter to me every day, and the whole month has gone by without a word for you. Remember what you used to say, “A promise breaker is a shoe_maker.” Do you intend to become one?
Yours,
Razia.
Dear Auntie,
How can you stay away from us so long and never send a word? Have the new environment made you so woefully forgetful of your old associates? “Blood thicker than water,” then say. You have to prove it now?
Yours sincerely,
Akram.
Dear Razia,
Thanks for your letter. If one could make shoes by breaking promises, many would gladly do so. Fortunately it is easier to write a letter than to make a shoe. So here is a letter. If you do not receive another next week, rest assured you will find it in my shoe when you come home next month.
Yours,
Noman.
Dear Akram,
You are as dear to me as is my own son here. There is no water between you and us. It is all thick blood. I am sorry I could not write to you because I was not feeling well ever since I arrived here. Now I am better. There is no cause for anxiety.
Yours lovingly,
Auntie.
Dear Rosie,
You had promised to send me sweets when we parted last month. When should I expect them? If you have no sweets, send me some bitters. But do send something!
Yours,
Jim.
Dear Mother,
I am sending you herewith a packet of First_aid medicines as desired by you. Instructions on all these medicines are given and these should be carefully followed. Further I am enclosing a book prescribing remedies for simple ailments.
Yours affectionately,
Shahid.
Dear jim,
Thanks for your demand or command or reprimand. I am sending your neither sweets nor bitters but sours and salties. You will find pickles, chutneys, wafers, chips in the parcel when you get it. You will get the parcel if I send you. Meanwhile wait. Wait, I am sending you a if—-a big IF—-in the meantime. Tomorrow you will get an envelope with just on IF. But but me no buts. You will get a packet without ifs and buts.
Yours,
Rasie.
Dear Shahid,
Your parcel of medicines has reached me safe and intact with all the bottles in perfect shipshape order. It was very nice of you to have sent that nice packet, because here in the woods medicines are more vital than meals. Thanks a lot.
Yours lovingly,
Mummy.
