Letter 4

July 11th
From Alex Tailler; Daly City, California
To Derick Levine; Spencerport, New York

Dear Rick,

I received a letter from Cassidy in the same post as your own. As I have recently mentioned her to you, I must ask if you provided any encouragement in the matter. I am tempted to say things that carry great risk of face and friendship. I must implore you to discourage me as you used to before my tongue carries my life too far. I take comfort in the fact that I will be refined to Crestmont's boarding house for eight semesters to come.
I do have so many things to say to your step-sister, but I doubt the advantage of many of them. I do hope that you won't begrudge me my desperateness and that our friendship will endure.
I am gaining some confidence in my academic ability, but I still have a long way to go. I have found that if I use mnemonics of a designing nature, I take to the knowledge much more quickly than otherwise. Perhaps if I design that which reminds me to check my tongue and my pen, that will become easier as well.

Please forgive my short letter,
Al Tallier